Poetry Review English 2 RRHS

A group of lines in a poem

is called

• stanza

• line break

• paragraph

• form

Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight keywords, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood

is called

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• rhythm

• alliteration

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

is called

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• rhythm

• alliteration

Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound

is called

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• rhythm

• alliteration

The use of

words that vividly describe a sound

(the word mimics the sound)

so that readers can clearly "hear" them

is called

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• rhythm

• alliteration

A comparison of

two different things

using "like" or "as"

is called

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

A figure of speech that

offers an exaggerated

or extravagant statement

(that is not meant to be taken literally)

in order to highlight a point

is called

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

A figure of speech that

gives human-like characteristics

to an abstract idea

or non-human thing

is called

• metaphor

• personfication

• simile

• hyperbole

A direct comparison of two unlike things

that does NOT use like or as

(x=y)

is called

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

• allusion

• rhythm

• free verse

• enjambment