Poetry Vocabulary Assessment

What is the definition of the word "stanza?"

• a group of lines in a poem

• the words that poems consist of

• the rules that define the poem's patterns or structure

• arrangement of words

what is the dictionary definition of "lines" in poetry?

• word choice

• a group of lines

• these are the words that poems consist of (structure)

• arrangement of words

what is the dictionary definition of "rhyme" in poetry?

• a group of lines

• the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds

• arrangement of words

• the system or structure (rules) of a language

what is the dictionary definition of "diction" in poetry?

• word choice

• arrangement of words

• a group of lines

• language that uses words or expressions with meanings different from the literal definition

what is the dictionary definition of "syntax" in poetry?

• arrangement of words

• the system or structure (rules) of a language

• word choice

• a group of lines

what is the dictionary definition of "grammar" in poetry?

• the words that poems consist of (structure)

• language that uses words or expressions with meanings different from the literal definition

• the system or structure (rules) of a language

• a group of lines

what is the dictionary definition of "figurative language" in poetry?

• language that uses words or expressions with meanings different from the literal definition

• the system or structure (rules) of a language

• the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds

• word choice

What is the dictionary definition of poetic form?

• the rules that define the poem's pattern and structure

• a regular pattern that gives a line of poetry a predictable rhythm

• the pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry

what is the dictionary definition of "meter" in poetry?

• The rules that define the poem’s pattern and structure

• A regular pattern that gives a line of poetry a predictable rhythm

• the pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry

what is the dictionary definition of "rhythm" in poetry?

• the pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry

• The rules that define the poem’s pattern and structure

• A regular pattern that gives a line of poetry a predictable rhythm

  EX) iambic pentameter - unstressed syllable followed by stressed syllable