Poetic Terms & Devices Quiz

The poet's message on a big idea that they convey through the poem is the

• Topic

• Assonance

• Rhyme Scheme

• Theme

The use of strong and evocative images that appeal to the readers senses. This creates a

highly visual, imaginative reading experience.

• metahpor

• personification

• imagery

• simile

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem is what

• rhyme scheme

• assonance

• sonnet

• allusion

A brief reference within a piece of literature to a person, place, event, or thing which the reader is presumably familiar is what poetic device?

• Personifcation

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Alliteration

Her eyes were diamonds blazing in the night is an example of what poetic device

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• rhyme scheme

Her eyes were as bright as the sun is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Lightning danced across the sky is an example of which device?

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Personification

Alice ate all of the apples in the afternoon is an example of which device?

• Metaphor

• Personifcation

• Alliteration

• Allusion

He ran faster than the wind is an example of which device

• Personification

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Simile

intentional dramatic exaggeration used in poetry and

prose alike

• hyperbole

• allusion

• imagery

• theme