Poetry Review

Poetry Review

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Multiple Choice

How many lines are in this poem?

• 4

• 12

• 13

Multiple Choice

How many stanzas are in this poem?

• 4

• 12

• 13

Multiple Select

Check the pair of words from the poem that rhyme.

• outside

• puddles

• kite

• decide

Poetic Devices: Figurative Language in Poetry

Metaphors

A metaphor is a comparison between two things that share a common characteristic. One thing is equal to another because it has this characteristic. For example, “You are my sunshine,” just like the sun brings warmth and happiness to someone’s day; you do the same, by bringing happiness to someone’s day. You are sunshine because you share the characteristic of making someone happy. A metaphor says something "is" something else.

Multiple Choice

Bake a big cake with lots of butter and bring it to the birthday bash.

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

The statue is big as an elephant.

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

Boom! The fireworks scared us so bad! *What is "boom" an example of?

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Your brain is a computer full of knowledge.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

I tried a thousand times to buckle the bag, but it would not close.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

The grapes held tight to each other in a bunch, trying to stay together.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

I'm going to call it a night.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Why did the author use the words "stretch my arms for miles wide" to describe how he or she would sleep in the summer?

• to show that sleeping in the summer can be hard work, like a long run

• to show that sleeping in the summer is relaxing, like a long stretch

• to show that sleeping in the summer can be very long, like his arms

Multiple Choice

Why does the author choose the words "Fill my mind with dread" to describe a cloudy day?

• to show that cloudy days make him or her happy

• to show that cloudy days make him or her relaxed

• to show that cloudy days make him or her excited

• to show that cloudy days make him or her upset