Poetry Unit Test

A metaphor is a

• Exaggeration for Effect

• Comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

• Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

• Comparison of two things not using "like" or "as"

Alliteration is

• Writing that uses the five senses

• Repetition of vowel sounds in the middle or end of a word.

• Repeating the same starting sounds of words

• When a words pronunciation imitates its sound

Simile is

• Comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"

• Repetition of vowel sounds in the middle or end of a word

• Comparison of two or more things not using "like" or "as"

• Repeating the same starting sounds of words

Imagery is

• When a words pronunciation imitates its sound

• Exaggeration for effect

• Writing that uses the five senses to create pictures

• Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

Hyperbole

• Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

• When a words pronunciation imitates its sound

• Exaggeration for effect

• Repeating the same starting sounds of words

Personification is

• Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

• Writing that uses the five senses to create pictures

• Exaggeration for effect

• Repeating the same starting sounds of words

Onomatopoeia is

• Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or iea

• Exaggeration for effect

• Repeating the same starting sounds of words

• When a words pronunciation imitates its sound

"Bang! There goes another building"

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"

• Simile

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Metaphor

I'd rather take baths with a man-eating shark than do my homework.

• Onomatopeoia

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration