Poetry Terms

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Poetry Terms Review Game
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1) Which is an example of alliteration?

• Susie skated slowly on Saturday.
• My teacher ate my homework. I'm aware it's
  rather odd. She sniffed at it and smiled with
  an approving sort of nod.
• The bee buzzed around me all afternoon.

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2) Which is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?

• Bang
• Chuckle
• No
• Hiss

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3) What is a couplet?

• Twelve lines of poetry
• Two lines of prose
• Two lines of poetry
• A small drinking vessel

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4) Free verse has very strict rules and meter.

• True
• False

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5) Lyric poems express___________

• Violence
• Impersonal feelings
• Nothing
• Personal feelings

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6) Which title would most likely be a ballad?

• Springtime Rain
• She Left Me Without Saying Goodbye
• A Spoonful of Sugar
• Amazing Grace

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7) A simile is a comparison using _________ or
____.

• like, as
• when, if
• either, and
• neither, nor

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8) A sonnet has ______ lines.

• 24
• 4
• 14
• 41

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9) Assonance is repetition of _______ sounds.

• Vowel
• Consonant

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10) ________ rhyme occurs within a line of poetry.

• External
• Extra
• Internal
• Intrapersonal

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11) Which of the following is an example of exact
rhyme?

• slight and bait
• hand and again
• bit and bat
• tapping and napping

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12) What is an ode?

• A long, lyrical poem that exalts something or
  someone
• A short poem about a great hero
• A song-like poem that is usually sad
• A poem that is usually about animals

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13) Choose the one that is NOT a metaphor.

• Life is like a box of chocolates...
• She is a mean ol snake.
• Time is money.
• She is my sunshine.

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14) Rhythm is the repetition of the same
consonant sounds.

• True
• False

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15) An epic is a ____ poem, usually about the
deeds of a ____.

• long, hero
• short, hero
• long, villain
• short, villain

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