Poetry Terms Quiz

Question 1

What do we call a group of lines in a poem, similar to that of a paragraph in a piece of prose?

Answer 1

Stanza

Question 2

What is it called when rhyming is organized into patterns and can be labeled (abab, for example)?

Answer 2

Rhyme Scheme

Question 3

What is the way a line in a poem has stressed and unstressed words?

Answer 3

Rhythm

Question 4

What do we call language that refers to our five senses?

Answer 4

Imagery

Question 5

What sound device means the repetition of vowel sounds within words close together?

Answer 5

Assonance

Question 6

What do we call it when a word sounds like its meaning? (‘slap’ and ‘drip’ are examples)

Answer 6

Onomatopoeia

Question 7

What do we call giving human characteristics to non-human / non-living / inanimate objects?

Answer 7

Personification

Question 8

What do we call a comparison between two things, introduced with the words “like” or “as”?

Answer 8

Simile

Question 9

What do we call the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

Answer 9

Alliteration

Question 10

What is it when a tangible object is used to represent something which is not tangible? For example, a heart is often used to represent the concept of love.

Answer 10

Symbolism