Poetry Terms Quiz

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Repetition of the same vowel sounds within words

• Opposite of understatement

• Repetition of the same consonant sound in a line

What is the purpose of repetition in poetry?

• To provide examples of consonance

• To create a rhythmic effect

• To emphasize key ideas and meaning

• To confuse the reader

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• They’re some creeps who I wouldn’t meet if you paid me a heap of cash!

• She seems to beam rays of sunshine with her eyes of green

• Are you asking me to come up with examples of consonance?

• Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

What is the definition of assonance?

• Opposite of understatement

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Repetition of the same consonant sound in a line

• Repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words

What is the definition of internal rhyme?

• When words rhyme in a poem other than the end

• When two words are spelled similarly but pronounced differently

• Where the opposite of what is expected happens

• When the reader or viewer knows important information that is not fully known to the character(s) of a story

Which of the following is an example of eye rhyme?

• Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

• She seems to beam rays of sunshine with her eyes of green

• Rough and slough

• Are you asking me to come up with examples of consonance?

What is the definition of half rhyme?

• Where the opposite of what is expected happens

• When the speaker says one things but means another

• When two words are spelled similarly but pronounced differently

• When two lines by each other have an ending that has the same last consonant sound, but they do not have the same vowel sound

What is the purpose of dramatic irony?

• To confuse the reader

• To emphasize key ideas and meaning

• To add dramatic effect

• To create a rhythmic effect

What is the definition of situational irony?

• When the speaker says one things but means another

• Where the opposite of what is expected happens

• When the reader or viewer knows important information that is not fully known to the character(s) of a story

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

What is the definition of verbal irony?

• Repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words

• When the speaker says one things but means another

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Where the opposite of what is expected happens