Poetry Vocabulary Quiz

What is a metaphor?

• A metaphor is a type of poem.

• A metaphor is a type of personification.

• A metaphor is a type of simile.

• A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying one thing is another thing.

Which of the following is an example of a simile? a) The wind whispered through the trees. b) The door was as bright as the sun. c) The flowers bloomed in the garden.

• c

• a

• b

What is personification?

• A method of cooking

• A form of poetry

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

• A type of dance

Which of the following is an example of alliteration? a) She sells seashells by the seashore. b) The cat sat on the mat. c) The sun was bright.

• c

• a

• b

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words with multiple meanings

• Words with opposite meanings

• Words describing emotions

• Words imitating sounds

Fill in the blank: A _______ compares two things without using the words 'like' or 'as'.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

• Hyperbole

Fill in the blank: A ______ compares two things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

• simile

• comparatively

• like or as

• equally

Fill in the blank: Personification gives human qualities to ____________.

• inanimate objects or abstract concepts

• aliens

• plants

• animals

Fill in the blank: Alliteration is the repetition of ____________ sounds at the beginning of words.

• end

• vowel

• middle

• initial (beginning)

Fill in the blank: Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate ____________.

• emotions

• animals

• colors

• sounds