Poetry and Figurative Language Unit Review

Which of the following is NOT found in poems?

• rhythm

• lines

• stanzas

• paragraphs

a deliberate, exaggerated statement

• mood

• tone

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Each is an example of figurative language except

• You are as bright as the sun.

• I was sitting in my living room, when all of a sudden, I heard, "crash" and saw the car hit the house across the street.

• During the storm, the trees danced in the wind.

• Even though it is Friday, I am tired.

Which term defines the author's view or attitude toward the audience, a subject, or a character?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• tone

• repetition

The language that appeals to the five senses; touch, taste, smell, sight, sound is

• imagery

• tone

• repetition

• poetry

A poem is written in ______ format

• paragraphs & sentences

• stanzas & lines

• titles & stanzas

• headings & subheadings

Read the line., "The sun's rays reached out and hugged me." This is an example of

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

comparing two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

Several lines grouped together in a poem

• line

• stanza

• poetry

• repetition

On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of ...

• alliteration

• personification

• rhyme

• stanza