4th Grade Poetry Vocabulary Quiz

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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.  alliteration  hyperbole  simile  assonance 2.     images that are created in the mind while reading or looking at art.  simile  stanza  imagery  alliteration 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.)  foreshadow  hyperbole  alliteration  satire 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 __________.  stanza  metaphor  simile  hyperbole 5.     a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony.  stanza  alliteration  satire  foreshadow 6.     a past event that interrupts the forward action of a play, movie, novel, or the like.  foreshadow  assonance  flashback  stanza 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.  alliteration  stanza  assonance  simile 8.     similarity in sounds, especially vowel sounds.  irony  hyperbole  assonance  simile 9.     to signal or indicate beforehand; presage; prefigure.  irony  stanza  hyperbole  foreshadow 10.a phrase that describes something by comparing it to some other thing.  hyperbole  stanza  metaphor  assonance 11.spoken or written words that mean the opposite of their usual meaning.  simile  foreshadow  irony  assonance
4th Grade Poetry Quiz
January 4, 2012

1. the act or technique of ascribing human attributes to nonhuman or inanimate things.  allusion  oxymoron  personification  allegory
2. the time and place in which something happens.  homophone  allusion  setting  resolution
3. to be in strong opposition to.  conflict  antagonist  allusion  onomatopoeia
4. a state of excitement or anxiety that comes from mystery or doubt.  suspense  oxymoron  homophone  conflict
5. 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
6. a solution or end to an argument or other conflict.  homophone  setting  resolution  suspense
7. a poem or song that tells a story.  antagonist  ballad  onomatopoeia  resolution
8. a person who fights against another; an enemy or competitor.  suspense  oxymoron  protagonist  antagonist
9. 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
10. the leading character in a literary work.  protagonist  setting  allusion  ballad
11. the formation or use of words whose sounds suggest the meanings of the words, such as "bang," "moo," or "jingle".  onomatopoeia  ballad  antagonist  resolution
12. an indirect reference to or mention of something.  suspense  resolution  allusion  onomatopoeia
13. 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.)