Poetry Words

When a word imitates the sound of something, it is called . . .

• onomatopoeia
• figurative language
• personification
• metaphor

A word that has the same ending sound as another word is a . . .

• sonnet
• rhyme
• rhythm
• couplet

What is the arrangement of beats in a line of poetry?

• rhyme
• haiku
• meter
• rhythm

A ______________ is two lines of poetry that usually rhyme.

• sonnet
• haiku
• poem
• couplet

This type of figurative language uses the words like or as to compare two unlike things.

• metaphor
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• simile

What type of figurative language is it when a human characteristic is given to something that is not human?

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

What type of poetry has 3 lines, in which there are five, seven, and five syllables per line?

• sonnet
• haiku
• couplet
• verse

A comparison of two unlike things could be which of the following?

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• idiom

What type of figurative language uses the repetition of the first sound of several words?

• personification
• idiom
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

What type of poem has 14 lines written in a certain meter and with a special rhyme scheme?

• couplet
• rhythm
• haiku
• sonnet