World Literature Poetry Terms Practice Quiz

What is a simile?

• a comparison saying one thing IS another thing.

• a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as

• the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a row

• the repetition of the same vowel sound

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a metaphor?

• a direct comparison between two unlike things. It does NOT use the words like or as

• A direct comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as

• the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several consecutive words

• the repetition of the same vowel sound

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is alliteration?

• When two words sound alike

• when a word sounds like what it means, like "flush" or "hush"

• when an author repeats the same thing over and over

• when the same consonant sound is repeated at the beginning of several words of a line of poetry or a sentence

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is onomatopoeia?

• when something concrete represents something that is abstract

• Nice try. That isn't a thing!

• when a word is used that sounds like the noises they describe.

• two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is an idiom?

• What'd you call me?

• a common expression that makes no sense unless you know its figurative meaning.

• when something concrete represents something abstract

• giving human qualities or traits to things that aren't human

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is personification?

• giving animals or objects human qualities

• repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a row

• having something concrete represent something abstract

• a common expression that makes no sense unless you know its figurative meaning

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a couplet?

• a boyfriend and girlfriend or husband and wife

• giving human qualities or traits to something that isn't human

• an exaggerated statement

• a poem with two rhyming lines. Both have the same rhythm.

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is hyperbole?

• giving human traits to something that isn't human

• comparing two unlike things using the words like or as

• an overactive bole

• an exaggerated statement such as: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a concrete poem

• a poem that is written in cement

• a poem that originates from Japan that has 5 syllables on the first line, 7 syllables on the second line, and 5 syllables on the third line

• shape poem speced to form a picture of what the poem is about

• a poem that means exactly what it says; there is no symbolism or figurative language

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

What is an autobiographical poem

• a poem that the author writes about him or herself.

• a Japanese poem that has 5 syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third

• a poem that is written in cement

• A poem that uses figurative language

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10