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 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 hyperbole?

• 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 onomatopoeia?

• 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 personification?

• A.  Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
• B.  Comparing 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 is a simile?

• 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 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

A group of lines in a poem separated with a blank line space are...

• metaphor

• simile

• line

• stanza

A poem that tells a story is called a

• narrative poem

• lyrical poem

• haiku

• song

What is written in sentences?

• Prose
• Poetry
• Drama