Figurative Language & Poetry Terminology Test

a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance

• metaphor

• allusion

• simile

• symbolism

exaggeration used for effect

• hyperbole

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• metpahor

a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else; the comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• symbolism

• allusion

the use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes

• metaphor

• mood

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

• allusion

• tone

• simile

• personification

descriptive language in a poem or other text that evokes the senses--sight, sound, taste, touch, and/or smell

• metaphor

• symbolism

• sensory details

• allusion

figure of speech that uses “like” or “as” to compare two unlike things

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• personification

anything that stands for or represents something else; has both a concrete and an abstract meaning

• symbolism

• allusion

• metaphor

• simile

the repetition of initial consonant sounds; emphasizes words, imitates sounds, or adds a musical effect

• alliteration

• couplet

• enjambment

• rhyme scheme

 repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• assonance

• couplet