Poetry Quiz

Descriptive words that appeal to the senses

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• imagery

Giving human qualities to non-living objects

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Words or phrases that are repeated in writings to give emphasis

• alliteration
• repetition
• assonance
• consonance

A word that spells out a sound

• assonance
• hyperbole
• imagery
• onomatopoeia

The repetition of two or more of the same beginning consonant sound close together

• simile
• imagery
• consonance
• alliteration

a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

• personificarion

a poem that does not follow a regular rhyme scheme or rhythm

• free verse

• ballad

• limerick

• lyric

the repetition of vowel sounds in words close together

• rhyme

• tone

• assonance

• rhythm

"The kettle corn sizzled and went pop, pop, pop over the fire."

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile