Literary Terms

A narrative poem suitable for singing is

• a ballad

• a sonnet

• prose

• a stanza

An exaggerated statement, often for humorous effect, is

• dialect

• foreshadowing

• hyperbole

• metaphor

A 14-line poem is

• a ballad

• a sonnet

• a stanza

• an extended metaphor

Poetry that does not use rhyme or rhythm is

• prose

• lyric

• assonance

• free verse

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words near each other is

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• repetition

A group of lines in a poem is

• a line

• a stanza

• a metaphor

• rhythm

The author's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a poem is

• tone

• dialect

• personification

• idiom

Irony is

• the attitude of a poet toward the reader

• exaggeration

• a conversation between two people

• expecting one thing but getting another

"The rabbit ate lunch

with the others in the bunch"

is an example of

• symbols

• personification

• rhyme

• simile

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things at length and in several ways is

• a metaphor

• an extended metaphor

• a simile

• foreshadowing