4th Grade Poetry Vocabulary Quiz
Academic Vocabulary Tier 3
Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question.
1. the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a phrase or sentence.
2. images that are created in the mind while reading or looking at art.
3. in rhetoric, an obvious and deliberate exaggeration or overstatement, intended for effect and not to be taken literally, such as "He had a million excuses". (Cf. litotes.)
4. a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "The cake was as light as a feather" is an example of a __________.
5. a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony.
6. a past event that interrupts the forward action of a play, movie, novel, or the like.
7. a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. __________ often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern.
8. similarity in sounds, especially vowel sounds.
9. to signal or indicate beforehand; presage; prefigure.
10.a phrase that describes something by comparing it to some other thing.
11.spoken or written words that mean the opposite of their usual meaning.
4th Grade Poetry Quiz
January 4, 2012
- the act or technique of ascribing human attributes to nonhuman or inanimate things.
allusion oxymoron personification allegory - the time and place in which something happens. homophone allusion setting resolution
- to be in strong opposition to. conflict antagonist allusion onomatopoeia
- a state of excitement or anxiety that comes from mystery or doubt. suspense oxymoron homophone conflict
- a word that sounds the same as another but has a different meaning and often a different spelling. In the sentence, "I've been feeling weak for almost a week," the words, "weak" and "week" are __________. conflict homophone antagonist protagonist
- a solution or end to an argument or other conflict. homophone setting resolution suspense
- a poem or song that tells a story. antagonist ballad onomatopoeia resolution
- a person who fights against another; an enemy or competitor. suspense oxymoron protagonist antagonist
- a figure of speech in which an apparent contradiction makes or highlights a point, as in the phrase, "a frozen flame". protagonist allusion onomatopoeia oxymoron
- the leading character in a literary work. protagonist setting allusion ballad
- the formation or use of words whose sounds suggest the meanings of the words, such as "bang," "moo," or "jingle". onomatopoeia ballad antagonist resolution
- an indirect reference to or mention of something. suspense resolution allusion onomatopoeia
- a tool in art or literature that uses concrete characters, events, or things to represent ideas or beliefs. allegory antagonist homophone conflict
4th Grade Poetry Quiz
Instructions: Write the correct word in the space before its definition. There may be more than one definition for each word.
alliteration assonance connotation denotation flashback foreshadow hyperbole irony metaphor satire simile stanza symbol | 1. | | a secondary meaning or implication of a word or expression, in addition to its primary meaning. | |
| 2. | | an object or picture that represents something else. | |
| 3. | | a phrase that describes something by comparing it to some other thing. | |
| 4. | | spoken or written words that mean the opposite of their usual meaning. | |
| 5. | | a dictionary meaning, agreed-upon meaning of a word, as distinguished from connotation. (Cf. connotation.) | |
| 6. | | the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a phrase or sentence. | |
| 7. | | a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "The cake was as light as a feather" is an example of a __________. | |
| 8. | | a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. __________ often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. | |
| 9. | | to signal or indicate beforehand; presage; prefigure. | |
| 10. | | a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony. | |
| 11. | | similarity in sounds, especially vowel sounds. | |
| 12. | | a past event that interrupts the forward action of a play, movie, novel, or the like. | |
| 13. | | in rhetoric, an obvious and deliberate exaggeration or overstatement, intended for effect and not to be taken literally, such as "He had a million excuses". (Cf. litotes.) |
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