Poetry Terms Review Game

Front

What are poems written in?

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Lines.

Front

How many lines are in the poem 'Risk'?

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8 lines.

Front

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

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Personification.

Front

What is the voice called that tells a poem?

Back

Speaker.

Front

What is an extreme exaggeration in poetry called?

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Hyperbole.

Front

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

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Simile.

Front

What is a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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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 repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?

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Alliteration.

Front

What is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem?

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Rhyme scheme.