Poetry Pre-Assessment

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art, often used to help make a comparison.

• Allusion

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

A comparison between two things, using “like” or “as”.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Imagery

The use of extreme exaggeration.

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Tone

• Hyperbole

The repetition of similar initial consonant sounds in order to create a musical or rhythmic effect, to emphasize keywords, or to imitate sounds.

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

A figure of speech in which something is described as if it were something else; a comparison made without using “like” or “as”.

• Allusion

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Simile

A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.

• Personification

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Repetition

Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses and help to create a vivid description for the reader.

• Theme

• Repetition

• Tone

• Imagery

A central message, idea, or concern that is expressed in a literary work.

• Imagery

• Theme

• Plot

• Tone

The repeated use of words or phrases in order to emphasize a point.

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Tone

• Oxymoron

The close placement of words having opposite or near opposite meanings in order to create a unique description.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Oxymoron