Poems Review

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together.

• allusion

• allegory

• alliteration

• analogy

An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis in poems and stories.

• Humor

• Cliche

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

The use of words that imitate the sounds of what they describe.

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Nonverbal

• Splat!

What is imagery?

• The way the text makes the reader feel.

• The writer's attitude towards a subject.

• Hints the writer gives about what may happen.

• Language that creates a picture for the reader and appeals to the five senses.

Which term refers to the act of giving human characteristics to objects or abstract ideas?

• Personification

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Dizzy David drew a dinosaur.

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Consonance

• Assonance

Max is a pig when he eats. This is an example of a/an:

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Exaggeration is when something is made out to be a lot greater than it actually is.

"It's a million degrees in here!"

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Rhyme

When something inhuman (inanimate, animal, or even an idea) is given human-like qualities, it is referred to as:

"The smiling sun"

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Rhyme

A comparison between two unlike things where one represents the other is called what?

"Love is an open door"

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Stanza