Poetry Term Quiz

What is onomatopoeia defined as?

• A word imitating natural sounds

• A type of metaphor

• A form of hyperbole

• A style device in poetry

What does a simile do?

• Describes an object or action in a non-literal way

• Makes a comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• Gives human attributes to non-human things

• Exaggerates ideas for emphasis

What is personification?

• Describing an object or action in a non-literal way

• Making a comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• Giving human attributes to non-human things

• Exaggerating ideas for emphasis

What is the purpose of hyperbole?

• Describing an object or action in a non-literal way

• Making a comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• Giving human attributes to non-human things

• Exaggerating ideas for emphasis

What are stanzas in poetry?

• Groups of lines

• Repetition of similar sounding words

• Deliberate pattern of rhyming lines

• Words imitating natural sounds

What is a rhyme scheme?

• Groups of lines

• Repetition of similar sounding words

• Deliberate pattern of rhyming lines

• Words imitating natural sounds

What is an idiom?

• A figure of speech

• A type of metaphor

• A form of hyperbole

• A style device in poetry

What does alliteration involve?

• Describing an object or action in a non-literal way

• Making a comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• Exaggerating ideas for emphasis

• Several words beginning with the same sound