Poetry Terms

Poetry is a

• Literary genre that gives emotion in verses.

• Literary genre that narrates in prose.

• Literary genre that is used in everyday conversation.

• Literary genre that is barely used, employing prose and verses.

An __________ rhyme is one that is used within a sentence or line.

Assonance is the repetition of consonant sounds.

• True

• False

Boom! is an example of

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

What kind of figurative language is this?

Over the winter glaciers, I see the summer glow.

• Theme

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

In this short poem called "The Storm," what kind of figurative language is present?

"The Storm"

Looks like a mud puddle in the sky

And smells like moldy leather

It sounds like a giant's stomach rumbling

And feels like being turned inside out.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Symbolism

"The tree whispered in the wind" is an example of which kind of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Oxymoron

All poems rhyme.

• True

• False

In the following poem "The Dirtiest Man in the World," which kind of figurative language is present?

"The Dirtiest Man in the World"

Oh, I'm Dirty Dan, the world's dirtiest man,

I never have taken a shower.

I can't see my shirt--it's so covered with dirt,

And my ears have enough to grow flowers.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Oxymoron

A __________ is similar to a paragraph but is a group of lines in a poem.