Poetry Terms Review Game

Front

What is an extreme exaggeration in poetry?

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Hyperbole

Front

What do we call the way a poem is arranged on the page?

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Form

Front

What gives human or lifelike characteristics to something that is not human or not alive?

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Personification

Front

What is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words, such as cat and hat?

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Rhyme

Front

How many stanzas are in a poem if it has two separate sections?

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2

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

Front

What is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things?

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Metaphor

Front

What is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses?

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Imagery

Front

What is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?

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Rhythm

Front

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words?

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Alliteration