Poetry Terms Assessment

What do we call a specific type of lyric poem that is always fourteen lines long and usually has a particular type of meter?

• An elegy

• An epic

• A sonnet

• A ballad

• An ode

What do we call a poem mourning the dead?

• An elegy

• An epic

• A sonnet

• A ballad

• An ode

What do we call long, lyric poems that were traditionally written to celebrate a famous person or a lofty idea?

• An elegy

• An epic

• A sonnet

• A ballad

• An ode

What do we call long narrative poems, originally passed down by word of mouth, that tell about heroes who embody the values of the culture recounting the tale?

• An elegy

• An epic

• A sonnet

• A ballad

• An ode

What do we call a song or song-like poem that tells a story and usually has a regular, steady rhythm, a simple rhyme pattern, and a refrain?

• An elegy

• An epic

• A sonnet

• A ballad

• An ode

What do we call it when a word imitates the sound that it represents?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

What do we call a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

What do we call a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

What do we call language that appeals to the senses?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

What do we call a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, attitudes, or characteristics?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia