Poetry Terms

Mama said, "Shush!" when he stomped in the room. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence?

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

• metaphor

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence? The fire licked the house and smoke ran towards the sky.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

A group of lines in a poem is called:

• stanza

• line

• paragraph

• refrain

A group of lines in a poem that is repeated is called

• refrain

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• simile

Sarah can run like a gazelle through the park.

This is an example of-

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

She sells seashells by the seashore. This is an example of-

• personification

• haiku

• hyperbole

• alliteration

There was a young lady of Nice,

Who insisted on bathing in grease.

She slid through the house

Tormenting her spouse

Til he hid in the oven for peace.

This is an example of -

• haiku

• free verse

• limerick

• joke

The author uses language that creates a picture and appeals to the senses. This is called

• sensory rhythm

• metaphor

• imagery

• free verse

Meter is

• a humorous, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba

• regular rhythmic pattern in poetry

• emotion created in the reader by the literary work

• language that appeals to reader's senses

Kevin's shades were drawn. The room was dark and he liked it that way. After the day he had, darkness was a welcomed friend. He felt like sunshine was so far away. The writer is creating a-

• limerick

• haiku

• mood

• free verse