Unit 1.3 Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "rhyme" mean?

• The lesson or moral of the poem.

• When three or more words have the same spelling.

• The repetition of the same sounds or similar sounds at the end of two or more words.

• When two words have the same beginning sound.

What does "imagery" mean?

• Describes objects, actions, and ideas by painting a vivid picture in the mind of the reader.

• Comparing two or more things using like or as.

• Describing how to do or make something.

• Two or more things that are alike.

What is the meaning of the word "theme"?

• Explaining how to do or make something.

• The lesson that only two characters learn in a story.

• The overall message of the poem or text.

• The main events in the poem.

What does "alliteration" mean?

• An extreme exaggeration to describe something that is impossible.

• When the same beginning sound in a group of words is repeated.

• Comparing two things using like or as.

• Giving human like characteristics to nonhuman things like objects or ideas

What does "simile" mean?

• An extreme exaggeration to describe something that is impossible.

• When the same beginning sound in a group of words is repeated.

• Comparing two things using like or as.

• Giving human like characteristics to nonhuman things like objects or ideas

What does "personification" mean?

• An extreme exaggeration to describe something that is impossible.

• When the same beginning sound in a group of words is repeated.

• Comparing two things using like or as.

• Giving human like characteristics to nonhuman things like objects or ideas

What does "hyperbole" mean?

• An extreme exaggeration to describe something that is impossible.

• When the same beginning sound in a group of words is repeated.

• Comparing two things using like or as.

• Giving human like characteristics to nonhuman things like objects or ideas

What does "idiom" mean?

• Comparing two things by saying something is something else.

• A group of words that have a different meaning of individual words put together.

• Comparing two things using like or as.

• Giving human like characteristics to nonhuman things like objects or ideas

What does "metaphor" mean?

• Comparing two things by saying something is something else.

• A group of words that have a different meaning of individual words put together.

• Comparing two things using like or as.

• Giving human like characteristics to nonhuman things like objects or ideas

What is a Rhymed Verse Poem?

• Has a pattern of rhyming in the poem.

• Does not have a regular pattern of rhyme or rhythm.

• A type of poem from Japan that has 3 lines and 17 syllables. Does not rhyme and uses sensory language to describe a scene or mountain.

• A humorous poem that uses rhyming words. Has 5 lines and has a AABBA rhyme scheme.