Test: Poetry Terms - 20 Questions

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5 Matching Questions

  1. Rhyme Scheme
  2. Simile
  3. Onomatopoeia
  4. Tone
  5. Alliteration
  1. a A statement of comparison, using the words “like” or “as” to connect objects or ideas to the thing being compared.
  2. b An established pattern of rhyme in a poem. Ex: a b b a c c
  3. c The feeling or mood that the poem gives.
  4. d When a word echoes or mirrors the sound it makes. Ex: “buzz”, “roar”
  5. e A way of connecting words by repeating the same sound or sounds at the beginning of two or more words.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Poets use this to make the endings of two or more lines of poetry sound alike.
  2. The choice of words that the poet uses.
  3. A statement of comparison which connects objects or ideas by saying that one thing is another.
  4. Choice of words used by an author to make his/her ideas clear, concise.
  5. A line or part of a line that comes back in the same or very similar form several times in a poem

5 True/False Question

  1. Iamb → Poets use this to make the endings of two or more lines of poetry sound alike.

          

  2. Structure → One accented syllable followed by one unaccented.

          

  3. Internal Rhyme → Poets use this to make the endings of two or more lines of poetry sound alike.

          

  4. Sonnet → The feeling or mood that the poem gives.

          

  5. Extended Metaphor → A statement of comparison which connects objects or ideas by saying that one thing is another.

          

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