Elements of Poetry

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• A fat cat sat on a rat.

• My little sister is an angel.

• Tommy took Tatiana to Target.

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Dunkin' Donuts is an example of alliteration.

• True

• False

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"My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud."

What poetic technique is used in the line above?

• rhymes

• simile

• repetition

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Language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind is...

• Imagery
• Theme
• Rhyme

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Personification is:

• words that mimic sounds.
• a figure of speech that gives the qualities of a person to an animal , object, or idea.
• appeals to senses.
• comparison of two unlike things.

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What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

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Which is an example of symbolism?

• The beat of his heart was like a ticking time bomb
• She had a heart of glass
• The heart represents love in this poem
• Heart. Smart. Start. Part.

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Which is an example of irony?

• As an audience member, you realize that if a character walks into an abandoned warehouse, chances are a killer is waiting, but the character does not realize it
• Whack! Pow! Bang!
• The waves crashed on the shore as the resplendent sun set in a burst of orange fire
• Small Paul dumb as a castle wall

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Customer: "Do you have any samples of the new Versace cologne?"
Salesman: "Yes! We have a ton of those in the back. Let me go get you some."

• simile
• metaphor
• personification 
• hyperbole

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"Water is cheaper than diamonds, yet humans need water, not diamonds, to survive."

• hyperbole
• paradox
• allusion 
• simile