Literary Terms 3: Poetry

Which term describes the use of exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things that uses the words "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following best describes prose?

• A structured form of language with stanzas and verses

• Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

• A type of poetry that does not rhyme but has a regular rhythm

• Language that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of sound

What is the term for the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words?

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

Which term refers to giving human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract ideas?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the term for a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse?

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Stanza

• Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which term describes the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to?

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds within close proximity, typically in consecutive words within the same sentence or line?

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

Which term refers to the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas?

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the term for a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4