Poetry Quiz Review

What is alliteration?

• A.  The repeating of the same sound at the beginnings of words
• B.  The dictionary definition of a word
• C.  An object that represents a feeling or emotion
• D.  The emotions felt when I word is seen or heard

What is denotation?

• A.  The repeating of the same sound at the beginnings of words
• B.  The dictionary definition of a word
• C.  An object that represents a feeling or emotion
• D.  The emotions felt when a word is seen or heard

What is a stanza?

• A.  Words that imitate the sounds to which they are referring
• B.  Using sensory words to create a mental picture
• C.  A poem's paragraph
• D.  An exaggerated statement

What is a metaphor?

• A.  Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
• B.  Comparison of two unlike things directly (NOT using "like" or "as")
• C.  Giving human qualities to non-human beings
• D.  a hint of something that has not yet happened in a story

What device is used here:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."

• Refrain
• Rhyme
• Meter
• Simile

I've told you a million times to clean your room! is an example of...

• Alliteration

• Personification

• metaphor

• Hyperbole

“I tell her of my father’s great herd, and how they would graze each day, walking for miles, the sun in our bones, the grass whispering its shy music.” is an example of...

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Our brains are like computers: capable of massive amounts of knowledge, but too often distracted by cat videos is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

An image of the American flag represents patriotism. This is an example of what?

• Onomatopoeia
• Idiom
• Symbolism
• Alliteration

Onomatopoeia is...

• When the name of an action imitates the sound associated with it
• When the name of a person is not spelled how it sounds
• When the name of an action is the same name as the person who wrote the definition
• When the name of an action imitates the look associated with it