8Th Grade Poetry Test

Front 1

Poetry

Back 1

is a form of literary expression that captures intense experiences or creative perceptions of the world in a musical language.

Front 2

Prose

Back 2

is the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing - has a narrator

Front 3

stanza

Back 3

is a group of lines forming a unit. In a poem these are separated by a space.

Front 4

figure of speech

Back 4

is a word or expression that is not meant to be read literally

Front 5

simile

Back 5

is a word such as "like" or "as" to compare seemingly unlike things.

Front 6

metaphor

Back 6

compares seemingly unlike things

Front 7

Personification

Back 7

attributes human like characteristics to an animal, object, or idea

Front 8

Hyperbole

Back 8

a great exaggeration which is used for emphasis or humorous effect

Front 9

Imagery

Back 9

is descriptive language that applies to the senses – sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell

Front 10

Alliteration

Back 10

is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Front 11

Assonance

Back 11

is the repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry

Front 12

Onomatopoeia

Back 12

is the use of a word or phrase, such as “hiss” or “buzz” that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes

Front 13

Rhyme

Back 13

is the repetition of the same stressed vowel sound and any succeeding sounds in two or more words

Front 14

Rhyme scheme

Back 14

is the pattern of end rhymes that may be designated by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each new rhyme

Front 15

Connotation

Back 15

the emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word

Front 16

Denotation

Back 16

the strict dictionary meaning of a word

Front 17

Diction

Back 17

the choice of words by an author or poet

Front 18

Mood

Back 18

the feeling or atmosphere that an author creates

Front 19

Tone

Back 19

a reflection of the author's attitude toward the subject of a poem/story