Poetry and Figurative Language Quiz for 5th Graders

What is a simile in poetry?

• A type of punctuation used to separate two clauses

• A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'

• A literary device that repeats the same sound at the beginning of words

• A form of poetry that does not rhyme

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Which of the following is an example of a metaphor in poetry?

• The tree has green leaves.

• The cat is sleeping.

• The sun is shining brightly.

• The world is a stage.

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What is personification in poetry?

• Attributing human qualities to non-human things or abstract concepts

• Describing a person's physical appearance

• Using onomatopoeia to create a human-like sound

• Referring to a specific person in a poem

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What is alliteration in poetry?

• The use of different vowel sounds in a series of words within a line or phrase in poetry.

• The repetition of the same final consonant sound in a series of words within a line or phrase in poetry.

• The use of onomatopoeia in a series of words within a line or phrase in poetry.

• The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words within a line or phrase in poetry.

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Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia in poetry?

• The color blue

• The number 5

• A tree in the forest

• The answer would be placed as an option in a multiple choice question.

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What is a comparison using 'like' or 'as' called in poetry?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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Which of the following is an example of personification in poetry?

• The river flowed gently through the valley.

• The cat sat lazily in the sunbeam.

• The sun is shining brightly in the sky.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

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What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words called in poetry?

• alliteration

• rhyme

• simile

• metaphor

Which of the following is an example of alliteration in poetry?

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow.

• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

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What is the use of words that imitate the sound they represent called in poetry?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia