Poetry Test 8

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Diction

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Theme

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.

• Free Verse

• Stanza

• Tone

• Onomatopoeia

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.” 

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Diction

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.” 

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Rhythm

• Stanza

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

• Stanza

• Assonance

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

It was July, and the sun
toasted the emerald grass
until it smelled of warmth
and green and life. 
 
It was July, and my heart
soaked up the air warmth 
until it sang of joy
and love and life. 
 
How many stanzas in the poem above?

• This poem has 1 stanza

• This poem has 2 stanzas

• This poem has 4 stanzas

• This poem has 8 stanzas

It was July, and the sun
toasted the emerald grass
until it smelled of warmth
and green and life. 
 
It was July, and my heart
soaked up the air warmth 
until it sang of joy
and love and life. 
 
How many lines in the poem above?

• This poem has 1 line

• This poem has 2 lines

• This poem has 4 lines

• This poem has 8 lines

Using words that have the same

(or very similar)

ending sound

is called

• end rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

The use of

words that vividly describe a sound

(the word mimics the sound)

so that readers can clearly "hear" them

is called

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

"The clock stood up and walked off the wall" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

• stanza