Vocabulary Test: Poetry Words

A word that has the same ending sound as another word is a ​ (a)   .

• rhyme
• onomatopoeia
• meter
• simile
• couplet
• personification
• haiku
• metaphor
• alliteration
• sonnet

A ​ (a)   is two lines of poetry that usually rhyme.

• couplet
• onomatopoeia
• rhyme
• meter
• simile
• personification
• haiku
• metaphor
• alliteration
• sonnet

A ​ (a)   uses the words like or as to compare two unlike things.

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• rhyme
• meter
• couplet
• personification
• haiku
• metaphor
• alliteration
• sonnet

When a word imitates the sound of something, it is called ​ (a)   .

• onomatopoeia
• rhyme
• meter
• simile
• couplet
• personification
• haiku
• metaphor
• alliteration
• sonnet

The repetition of the first sound of several words in a poem is ​ (a)   .

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• rhyme
• meter
• simile
• couplet
• personification
• haiku
• metaphor
• sonnet

​ (a)   is the arrangement of beats in a line of poetry.

• Meter
• onomatopoeia
• rhyme
• simile
• couplet
• personification
• haiku
• metaphor
• alliteration
• sonnet

In ​ (a)   , a human characteristic is given to something that is not human.

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• rhyme
• simile
• couplet
• haiku
• metaphor
• alliteration
• sonnet
• meter

A ​ (a)   is a poem with 14 lines written in a certain meter and with a special rhyme scheme.

• sonnet
• onomatopoeia
• rhyme
• meter
• simile
• couplet
• personification
• haiku
• metaphor
• alliteration

A ​ (a)   is a comparison of two unlike things.

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• rhyme
• meter
• simile
• couplet
• personification
• haiku
• alliteration
• sonnet

A ​ ​ (a)   is a three-line poem in which there are five, seven, and five syllables per line.

• haiku
• onomatopoeia
• meter
• simile
• couplet
• personification
• metaphor
• alliteration
• sonnet
• rhyme