Poetry Quiz

What is a haiku?

• A haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of three lines.

• A haiku is a type of sushi roll.

• A haiku is a type of martial art.

• A haiku is a type of dance originating from Japan.

What is a limerick?

• A type of bird found in the Amazon rainforest.

• A humorous poem consisting of five lines with a specific rhyming and rhythmic pattern.

• A type of sandwich made with peanut butter and pickles.

• A type of dance originating from Spain.

What is a metaphor?

• A type of punctuation mark used to indicate a pause or break in a sentence.

• A type of literary device that uses exaggerated or over-the-top language.

• A type of poem that has a specific rhyme scheme and meter.

• A figure of speech that compares two different things without using 'like' or 'as'.

What is a simile?

• A type of dance

• A type of fruit

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

• A type of bird

What is a personification?

• A form of meditation practiced by monks

• A type of dance performed by individuals

• A type of painting that depicts landscapes

• A figure of speech in which human qualities or characteristics are attributed to non-human entities or objects.

What is a rhyme?

• A repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables of two or more words.

• A type of fruit

• A form of dance

• A type of weather phenomenon

What is an alliteration?

• A type of weather phenomenon caused by high pressure systems

• A literary device where a series of words in a sentence have the same first consonant sound.

• A type of dance popular in the 1920s

• A type of bird found in the Amazon rainforest

What is an onomatopoeia?

• A word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.

• A type of weather phenomenon

• A type of dance

• A type of fruit

What is a hyperbole?

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

• A type of punctuation mark used to indicate a pause or break in a sentence.

• A type of mathematical equation.

• An exaggeration used for emphasis or dramatic effect.

What is an idiom?

• A type of insect

• A mathematical equation

• A type of clothing

• A phrase or expression with a figurative meaning