Poetry Test Review

What is a metaphor?

• an exaggeration or overstatement

• a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• a comparison of two unlike things without a transitional word

• the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words

Answer explanation

Metaphors compare without using like or as. Like and as are transitional words.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a simile?

• use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning, such as buzz or bang

• giving a non-human thing human characteristics

• a comparison of two unlike things without a transitional word

• a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

Answer explanation

Similes compare using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is personification?

• an exaggeration or overstatement

• using words to create a picture in the reader's mind

• giving human characteristics to non-humans

• use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning, such as buzz or bang

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is hyperbole?

• an exaggeration or overstatement

• the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words

• a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• a combination of contradictory terms

Answer explanation

A hyperbole is a huge exaggeration.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

A poem that expresses thoughts or emotions about a subject

• Sonnet

• Lyrical

• Ode

• Narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.9

A poem with 3 lines consisting of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and then 5 syllables again

• Haiku

• Ode

• Sonnet

• Hyperbole

A poem consisting of 14 lines with a very strict rhyme scheme and structure

• Ode

• Sonnet

• Narrative

• Lyrical

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

A poem, typically in verse, that tells a story

• Lyrical

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.9

A poem that is used to praise modern day objects or things commonly overlooked

• Ode

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Mode

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

A poem that doesn't have any real rules or rhyme scheme

• Ode

• Sonnet

• Lyrical

• Free Verse