Unit 3 Quiz/ Poetic Terms Review

An exaggeration made to prove a point is ___.

• hyperbole

• imagery

• metaphor

• consonance

____ occurs when words that sound like what they actually are

• alliteration

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

Comparing two unlike things to achieve a creative effect is

• simile

• rhyme

• personification

• metaphor

The repetition of vowel sounds within a line or within words

• alliteration

• consonance

• assonance

• rhyme

Comparing two unlike things using like or as is referred to as ___

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

A ____ is consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit, like a paragraph.

• stanza

• line

• rhyme scheme

• imagery

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words is ____.

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• rhyme

A regular pattern of rhyme, represented by different letters corresponding to each sound is ____.

• rhyme

• meter

• rhyme scheme

• stanza

The use of a descriptive word or a phrase that helps appeal to the senses is _____.

• personification

• imagery

• hyperbole

• alliteration

The repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of the ends of words is _____.

• assonance

• consonance

• rhyme

• alliteration