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Poetic Elements & Figurative Language - English 8

Quiz by Susan Schotte

Grade 8
English Language Arts
Common Core

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15 questions
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  • Q1
    Which vocabulary word describes the way a poem looks on a page?
    form
    lines
    stanza
    20s
    L.8.5
  • Q2
    This type of poem tells a narrative story.
    Free Verse
    Epic
    Ballad
    Sonnet
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q3
    This type of poem contains 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme.
    Free Verse
    Sonnet
    Ballad
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q4
    This type of poem does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
    Free Verse
    Ballad
    Sonnet
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q5
    When reading poetry, who is the speaker?
    the voice of the author
    the voice of the poem
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q6
    What vocabulary word describes the repetition of sounds at the end of words?
    meter
    repetition
    rhyme
    rhythm
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q7
    What vocabulary word describes pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?
    repetition
    rhythm
    meter
    rhyme
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q8
    What vocabulary word describes a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?
    meter
    rhyme
    rhythm
    repetition
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q9
    What is imagery?
    description that appeals to the senses
    language that cannot be taken literally
    repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q10
    What is allusion?
    the meaning is opposite of its literal meaning
    a "fixed" saying that has a certain meaning
    a reference to another work of literature, person, or event
    giving an object or an animal human-like qualities
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q11
    What is alliteration?
    an extreme exaggeration
    a concrete object with an abstract meaning
    the repetition of initial consonant sounds
    a comparison without using like or as
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q12
    What is irony?
    the meaning is opposite of its literal meaning
    the use of words that imitate sounds
    a concrete object with an abstract meaning
    a "fixed" saying that has a certain meaning
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q13
    What is personification?
    giving an object or an animal human-like qualities
    a comparison without using like or as
    an extreme exaggeration
    the repetition of initial consonant sounds
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q14
    What is an idiom?
    A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
    a concrete object with an abstract meaning
    a "fixed" saying that has a certain meaning
    the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
    30s
    L.8.5
  • Q15
    What is a metaphor?
    A comparison without using like or as
    the repetition of initial consonant sounds
    a comparison without like or as
    the use of words that imitate sounds
    30s
    L.8.5

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