PSSA Testing
PSSA Testing/Poetry
Poetry
Poetry Terms
100
The first thing we do when we go to a reading passage.
What is read and highlight important words in the questions.
100
The pieces of a poem with their own complete ideas.
What are stanzas?
100
This form has no set rhyme, but it does have a specific meter that it follows.
What is Blank Verse?
100
This is called internal rhyme.
What is when words inside the line rhyme with the end word.
200
This can be completed if possible after highlighting the main ideas from questions.
What is answering stand alone questions?
200
This type of poem is usually about a hero's journey and is extremely long.
What is an epic?
200
This form has no specific rhyme or meter.
What is Free Verse?
200
This is when vowels inside words are repeated in the same line.
What is assonance?
300
Writing the questions on the front of the test's passage does this.
What is helps the tester keep the questions in mind while reading the article?
300
This is often found in the first or last paragraph of a text.
What is the theme of the story?
300
This form of poetry contains only feelings or ideas.
What is lyric poetry?
300
This is when the consonant sounds are the same in a line of poetry.
What is consonance?
400
This tells us how fast we can read the article.
What is finding the genre by reading the title?
400
What I do if I can't eliminate enough answers from a question.
What is place a check on the bubble sheet and come  back to the question later?
400
This form of poetry has sequential order in telling a story.
What is narrative poetry?
400
This occurs with the final word, and each rhymed set has its own alphabetical letter to mark it.
What is rhyme scheme?
500
When you read the text, you must do this.
What is talk to the text?
500
This is the not so technical term for how a poem is written.
What is verse?
500
This form of poetry is often put to music.
What is a ballad?
500
This is the effect the elements of poetry have on a poem.
What is prosody?
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