Poetry Terms Quiz

What figure of speech compares two unlike things by saying one thing is another?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Which figure of speech compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Rhyme

What is the term for giving human qualities to non-human objects or ideas?

• Imagery

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

What is the term for the repetition of similar sounds at the end of words, often used in poetry?

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

• Rhyme

• Stanza

What is a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose?

• Stanza

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

What is the term for the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

What is the use of vivid language to create mental images and sensory experiences?

• Rhyme

• Imagery

• Symbolism

• Onomatopoeia

What is the central idea or message conveyed in a poem?

• Repetition

• Theme

• Rhythm

• Enjambment