LA Q4 Quiz 2: Poetry & Adjectives

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words

• the repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words

• the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words

• the repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song

What literary device uses words that sound alike at the end?

• alliteration

• personification

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

What sound device is being used here:

Once upon a midnight dreary,

while I pondered, weak and weary...

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Simile

What are pairs of rhyming lines called?

• Stanzas
• Meters
• Rhyme schemes
• Couplets

What type of poetry must have 5 lines and follows a specific rhythm and rhyme pattern?

• Limerick

• Ballad

• Haiku

• Narrative

What type of poetry does not follow any regular rhythm or rhyme scheme?

• Lyric
• Narrative
• Ballad
• Free Verse

Use the term in parenthesis as a comparative adjective.

This building is (tall) than that one.

• tall

• tallest

• taller

• is tall

Use the term in parenthesis as a comparative adjective.

Jellyfish are (dangerous) than stingrays.

• dangerouser

• dangerousest

• more dangerous

• most dangerous

Use the term in parenthesis as a superlative adjective.

That was the (cool) game I have ever played!

• cooler

• coolest

• more cool

• most cool

Fill in the blank with the correct adjective type.

The Mona Lisa is one of the ___________ paintings in the museum.

• beautifuler

• more beautiful

• beautifulest

• most beautiful