Poetry Vocabulary Quiz

The author's use of language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader visualize what is being described is called...

• Repetition

• Mood

• Alliteration

• Imagery

Using the same words, phrases, syllables, or sounds over and over again is called...

• Simile

• Methaphor

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Mood

• Methaphor

• Simile

• Personification

A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things is called...

• Methaphor

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

A word that imitates the sound it represents is called...

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopeia

• Imargery

Giving human qualities to animals or objects is called...

• Personification

• Imagery

• Methaphor

• Hyperbole

The use of the same beginning consonant sound in a line or verse is called...

• Mood

• Methaphor

• Alliteration

• Repetition

The feelings created by the poet for the reader is called

• Mood

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

A figure of speech involving an exaggeration not meant to be taken seriously is called...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Mood

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