Literary Terms Quiz

A figure of speech where nonhuman things are given human attributes

• Refrain

• Personification

• Enjambment

• Hyberbole

The following is an example of..

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

• Rhyme scheme

• Simile

• Stanza

• Refrain

What is rhyme scheme?

• a word, phrase, or image stands for an idea or theme

• pattern that is made by the rhyme within each stanza

• a pair of lines that are the same length and rhyme and form a complete thought

• repetition or a pattern of the same vowel sounds

What is rhyme?

• occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words

• two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem

• repetition of the same consonant sounds

• a figure of speech where words are used to imitate sounds

When a word, phrase, or image stands for an idea or theme

• Personification

• Imagery

• Symbol

• Ballad

A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend

• Couplet

• Ballad

• Enjambment

• Metaphor

A figure of speech in which two things are compared

• Imagery

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Assonance

What is assonance?

• repetition of the same consonant sounds

• a figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis

• repetition or a pattern of the same vowel sounds

• a pair of lines that are the same in length and rhyme and form a complete thought

The following is an example of...

We were running

to find what had happened

beyond the hills.

• Metaphor

• Enjambment

• Ballad

• Rhyme scheme

Ouch! is an example of..

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Enjambment