Poetry Terms Quiz Review

Lines of poetry that run on without a natural pause are called ____________ lines.

Comparison between 2 unlike things but without using the words like, as or as if

Marking the meter of a poem is called ...

This is a list of things, people or attributes in poetry.

A repeated pattern of rhythm in a poem is called its

This type of poetry follows fixed rules & has regular pattern of rhythm/rhyme

Type of poetry has parts of fiction and parts of song combined

A short poem where a single speaker expresses personal thoughts/feeling on a subject

The personality that comes across on the page is called a writer's

The distinctive way the words are arranged on the page

A rhythmic unit of meter in poetry is called a ...

This element of poetry refers to the way a work is written; not what is said, but how it's said

Style of poetry uses simple language, flexible rhythms, precise descriptions, & vivid images

A pair of rhymed lines is called a ....

The use of words that imitate sounds is called ...

This metrical foot of poetry is one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Type of ballad consists of 4-line stanzas and talks of single, tragic incident

A variation of language particular to a specific social or ethnic group

A regular pattern of rhythm is called ....

True or False: everyday or conversational language is called colloquial language?

When ideas are phrased in similar ways it is called...

This type of sonnet has an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme

A rhyme at the ends of lines of poetry is called....

A complex lyric poem that addresses a serious theme, like truth, justice or love.

Type of language that conveys meanings beyond the literal meaning of words

This type of poetry has no regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme

A comparison between 2 unlike things using the words like, as or as if

Words and phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses

The pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables in each line of poetry

Five feet of unstressed/stressed poetry is called

An exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect is called...

Writer's attitude toward a subject

A writer's word choice and syntax

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics

Repetition of vowel sounds in words that don't end with the same consonant

Repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words

A sound, word, phrase or line that is repeated for emphasis and unity

14-line lyric poem written in strict meter

Four-line units of poetry are called....

Does not have a regular pattern of rhythm/rhyme; unconventional spelling, punctuation, grammar

The voice that talks to the reader in a poem.

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words