Elements of Poetry

Elements of Poetry

By Pauline Harvey

Multiple Choice

What figurative language is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyberbole

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

What figurative language is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences and paragraphs

• Lines and paragraphs

• Sentences and stanzas

• Lines and stanzas

Multiple Choice

Personification is:

• words that mimic sounds.

• appeals to senses.

• a figure of speech that gives the qualities of a person to an animal , object, or idea.

• comparison of two unlike things.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.

• I waited in line for 10 years!

• The trees danced in the wind.

• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

Multiple Choice

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of this simile?"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She gets really angry. 

• She talks really loudly.

• She spits when she talks. 

Multiple Choice

Who is the speaker in a poem?

• Always the author

• The subject of the poem

• The person who we imagine is saying the poem

• The person performing the poem on stage

Multiple Choice

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Who is the speaker iQ. 

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• Rainforest

• Lions

• Poet

• My(I)