Poetry Terms Quiz

Words that describe opposite ideas, seems to be a contradiction would be called:

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Connotation

Portraying a person place or thing as being something else is called a:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Alliteration

An extreme exaggeration for effect is called:

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Connotation

• Free Verse

A pattern of rhyme at the end of lines in a poem (measured with letters -- ABC, etc) is called a:

• Free Verse

• Rhyme Scheme

• Connotation

• Stanza

The overall message of the text; the big idea about life that the author is trying to convey is called:

• A Metaphor

• Alliteration

• A Stanza

• Theme

Giving human-like characteristics or human actions to objects, animals or ideas is called:

• Alliteration

• Tone

• Imagery

• Personification

Using the words "like" or "as" to compare one thing to another is called a:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Stanza

• Hyperbole

Words that make a sound is called:

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Tone

• Personification

The felt emotion by the reader of the poem is called:

• Free Verse

• Mood

• Connotation

• Imagery

The voice that speaks behind the scene. It is the narrative voice that speaks of a writer's feelings or situation. This would be the:

• Personification

• Imagery

• Speaker

• Theme