Grade 6 Poetry Quiz

Giving non-human things features or actions only humans could have is called

• simile

• personification

• idiom

• rhyme scheme

When one thing 

is compared to 

another, WITHOUT 

using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• simile

• metaphor

Using an image to represent an idea or belief.

• noun

• rhyme

• symbolism

• metaphor

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

The cat is so fat.

She ate a bat.

Now she must sleep.

We won't hear a peep.

• a,b,a,b

• a,b,c,a

• a,a,b,b

• a,b,c,d

Comparing one thing with another, using "like" or "as" is called

• simile

• metaphor

• not being nice

• hyperbole

"My bag weighs a ton!" is an example of

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• a bad poem

• something Yoda would say

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• thermal dynamics

Crash, bang, splash and snap are examples of

• simile

• idioms

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

"Awfully good" is an example of an

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

A rhyme is

• on time

• the way a poem sounds

• the similarity of ending sounds between two words

• the use of deliberate exaggeration