Form A, Poetry Genre Quiz

A comparison of generally unlike things, using the words like, as, or than.

• Metaphor

• Similie

• Personification
• Figurative Language
• Imagery

The intentional repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

• Personification

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

• Figurative Language

Language used by a writer to create pictures in the minds of readers

• Imagery
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Figurative Language

A comparison between 2 seemingly unlike things where the writer simply state that one thing IS another

• Similie

• Metaphor

• Personification
• Figurative Language
• Imagery

The emotion created within the reader of a literary work

• Mood
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Figurative Language

Words that describe how something looks, sounds, tastes, smells, or feels to the touch

• Figurative language

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Sensory Details

When a writer gives non-living things human qualities

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Figurative Language
• Imagery

Words or phrases that match the sound they make, like "pop"

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Figurative Language

The writer's intentional reuse of a sound, word, or phrase

• Repetition
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Figurative Language

"The Caribbean sun winds up the world LIKE AN ALARM CLOCK."

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Repetition
• Personification