Literary Devices Used in Poetry

Which word means when two or more words create a rhyme in the same line of a poem or verse?

• rhyme

• internal rhyme

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Which word means to compare using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Which word means a poem in which the ends of the lines have words that sound the same?

• rhyme

• internal ryme

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Which word describes something non-human with human qualities?

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Which word means to compare two different things saying the one is the other? This word also uses "is" instead of "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Which word repeats the beginning consonant sounds in words?

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Which word means the repetition of two or more of the same vowel sounds in a word or the repetition of two or more of the same consonant sounds in a word?

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Which word means an exaggerated statement?

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Which word has a 5 line poem with a definite rhyme scheme and rhythm? The 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines rhyme, while the 3rd and 4th lines rhyme. The meter, or rhythms, are the same for the 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines, while the 3rd and 4th are shorter.

• haiku

• free verse

• ballad

• elegy

• limerick

Which word means a word that sounds like the noise that it describes?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile