Poetry Terms Quiz

What is a metaphor in literature?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A comparison where one thing is said to be another

• A description of something unliving as if it were alive

• A word used to imitate a sound

Which term describes the use of words beginning with the same consonant sound?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

• Rhyme Scheme

What defines a lyric poem?

• A poem that tells a story

• A short, songlike poem

• A poem marked by a pattern of rhyme

• A poem with repeated words or phrases

What is personification?

• Describing an unliving object as if it were alive

• Imitating a sound with words

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• Using the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

Which of the following best describes a rhyme scheme?

• A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• A group of lines in a poem

• An ordered pattern of end sounds in a poem

• The quality of words that end with the same sound

What is a Haiku?

• A. A traditional Japanese poem with lines of five, seven, and five syllables

• B. A short, usually humorous poem of five lines

• C. A uniquely shaped poem

• D. A poem that tells a story

Which type of poem is usually humorous and consists of five lines?

• A. Haiku

• B. Limerick

• C. Concrete Poem

• D. Free Verse

What defines a Concrete Poem?

• A. Its humorous content

• B. Its traditional Japanese structure

• C. Its unique shape

• D. Its narrative style

Figurative Language is

• Language that is literally true

• Often used in expository writing

• Language that is not literally true.

• Usually meaningless

Words or phrases that are used more than once are ____

• Alliteration

• Meter

• Rhyme Scheme

• Repetition