Poetry Practice

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences & paragraphs

• Sentences & stanzas

• Lines & paragraphs

• Lines & stanzas

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Author

• Speaker

• Narrator

• Main character

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True

• False

Define "rhyme."

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."

• The repetition of a letter.

• The repetition of an ending sound.

What is "alliteration" ?

• The use of synonyms.

• Words that sound alike.

• An exaggeration.

• The repetition of a beginning letter sound.

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

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyberbole

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

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration? 

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is "onomatopoeia" ?

• An exaggeration

• Sound words

• Rhyming words

• A form of imagery