Poetic structure
one row of words in a poem
a. stanza
b. sentence
c. paragraph
d. line
d. line
What does the word "leer" mean in this line?
Then added with a frightful leer,
I'm therefore going to wait right here
a. good enough
b. small mammal
c. horse
d. unpleasant look
d. unpleasant look
one row of words in a poem
a. stanza
b. sentence
c. line
d. phrase
c. line
words having the same middle and/or ending sound
a. alliteration
b. repetition
c. anaphora
d. rhyme
d. rhyme
comparison that does not use like or as
a. simile
b. literal meaning
c. metaphor
d. figurative meaning
c. metaphor
a group of lines in a poem
a. stanza break
b. stanza
c. paragraph
d. line
b. stanza
What do you lack, and what do you need?
A silver sword and a golden steed.
a. good enough
b. tone
c. to be without
d. rule over
c. to be without
a group of lines
a. stanza
b. paragraph
c. line break
d. sentences
a. stanza
comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. alliteration
d. repetition
a. simile
words that share only the final consonant sound
a. slant rhyme
b. rhyme
c. dedication
d. reptition
a. slant rhyme
a. line break
b. stanza
c. stanza break
d. pause
c. stanza break
What does the word "anticipation" mean in the following lines?
The welcoming smile of my librarian
The anticipation in my heart
All those books- another world- just waiting
At my fingertips
a. excitement about something before it happens
b. sadness
c. differing between two things
d. desperate for change
a. excitement about something before it happens
blank space dividing two stanzas from each other
a. pause
b. indent
c. stanza break
d. line break
c. stanza break
the repetition of the same beginning sound in words near or next to each other
a. metaphor
b. rhyme
c. stanza
d. alliteration
d. alliteration
the attitude of a piece of writing
a. mood
b. dialogue
c. figurative language
d. tone
d. tone
Ask Aden
Are aardvarks anxious?
Do dragons dream?
Ever seen an eager elephant?
Newts are never nervous, are they?
What kind of poem is "Ask Aden?"
a. acrostic
b. free verse
c. haiku
d. cinquain
a. acrostic
What does the word "fester" mean in the following lines?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-
a. to grow infected
b. to put off or delay
c. shrivel or shrink
d. to disappear
a. to grow infected
words or sentences spoken by a character in a poet, play, or story
a. simile
b. dialogue
c. quotes
d. metaphor
b. dialogue
the repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of a line of poetry
I can be teacher who teaches kids how to read.
I can be a dancer who twirls around the dance floor.
I can be a bus driver who takes kids to school.
a. metaphor
b. anaphora
c. rhyme
d. alliteration
b. anaphora
words or phrases that mean more than their dictionary definition
"Don't let the cat out of the bag!"
a. metaphor
b. anaphora
c. figurative language (idiom)
d. simile
c. figurative language (idiom)
And she was absolutely right
He ate her up in one big bite
But Grandmamma was small and tough
And Wolfie wailed, "That's not enough!"
What is the rhyme pattern in this poem?
a. ABAB
b. ABCABC
c. AABB
d. AAABBB
c. AABB
What does the word "preside" mean in the following lines?
In the foyer up four steps a semi-circle desk presided
To the left side the card catalogue
a. exited
b. fell
c. hung
d. rule over or be in charge of
d. rule over or be in charge of
the structure or appearance of a poem or other text
a. free verse
b. metaphor
c. simile
d. form
d. form
a sound device in which words, phrases, or sounds are repeated to emphasize a point.
a. tone
b. alliteration
c. repetition
d. anaphora
c. repetition
to reach a reasonable conclusion based on available evidence
a. decision
b. hypothesis
c. tone
d. infer
d. infer