Poetry Vocabulary
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem is called:
A. Rhyme
B. Rhythm
C. Stanza
D. Theme
B. Rhythm ✅
“The stars danced in the midnight sky.”
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
D. Metaphor
B. Personification ✅
Words that end with the same sound, like “cat” and “hat,” are examples of:
A. Assonance
B. Consonance
C. Rhyme
D. Alliteration
C. Rhyme ✅
A group of lines in a poem is called a:
A. Verse
B. Chapter
C. Stanza
D. Paragraph
C. Stanza ✅
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem labeled with letters like ABAB is called:
A. Internal rhyme
B. Assonance
C. Rhyme scheme
D. Consonance
C. Rhyme scheme ✅
A comparison using “like” or “as” is called:
A. Metaphor
B. Hyperbole
C. Simile
D. Personification
C. Simile ✅
“Her smile was as bright as the sun.”
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Personification
D. Imagery
B. Simile ✅
The repetition of vowel sounds inside words like “rain” and “cake” is:
A. Assonance
B. Consonance
C. Alliteration
D. Internal rhyme
A. Assonance ✅
Which literary device is used in the lines below?
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise.
I have a dream that children will join hands.
I have a dream today.”
A. Refrain
B. Anaphora
C. Alliteration
D. Assonance
B. Anaphora ✅
(The repetition of “I have a dream” at the beginning of successive lines.)
A rhyme that happens inside a single line of poetry is called:
A. End rhyme
B. Internal rhyme
C. Slant rhyme
D. Rhyme scheme
B. Internal rhyme ✅
Giving human qualities to animals or objects is called:
A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Imagery
B. Personification ✅
“Boom! Crash! Bang!”
A. Alliteration
B. Consonance
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Hyperbole
C. Onomatopoeia ✅
The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words like “blank” and “think” is:
A. Alliteration
B. Consonance
C. Assonance
D. Rhyme
B. Consonance ✅
Which literary device is used in the sentence below?
“She acted like Cinderella when she saw her messy room magically cleaned.”
A. Metaphor
B. Allusion
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole
B. Allusion ✅ (This references the fairy tale character Cinderella without explaining the full story.)
“I went to town to buy a gown.” is an example of:
A. End rhyme
B. Assonance
C. Internal rhyme
D. Consonance
C. Internal rhyme ✅
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in nearby words is:
A. Assonance
B. Rhyme
C. Alliteration
D. Consonance
C. Alliteration ✅
“The wind whispered through the trees.”
A. Alliteration
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Assonance
A. Alliteration ✅
Which structural element is shown in the lines below?
The river flows beyond the hill
and disappears into the night
without a pause or sudden stop.
A. Caesura
B. Enjambment
C. Stanza
D. Refrain
B. Enjambment ✅ (The sentence continues onto the next line without punctuation or a pause.)
A poem with no set rhyme or rhythm pattern is:
A. Lyric
B. Ballad
C. Free verse
D. Epic
C. Free verse ✅
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
The cat sat on the mat
It wore a silly hat
It chased a tiny mouse
All around the house
A. ABAB
B. ABBA
C. AABB
D. ABCD
C. AABB ✅
The main message or lesson of a poem is the:
A. Speaker
B. Mood
C. Theme
D. Stanza
C. Theme ✅
“I’ve told you a million times!”
A. Personification
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. Simile
C. Hyperbole ✅
Which figurative language device is used in the sentence below?
“The White House announced a new policy today.”
A. Allusion
B. Metonymy
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole
B. Metonymy ✅
(“The White House” represents the U.S. president or administration.)
The voice or character speaking in a poem is called the:
A. Author
B. Narrator
C. Speaker
D. Poet
C. Speaker ✅
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
The river twists through rocky land
Its waters cool against my skin
A heron dives with steady wing
The sunset fades beyond the sand
A. ABBA
B. AABB
C. ABCA
D. ABAB
C. ABCA ✅