Poetry Quiz

What is a poem with no set rhyme scheme or meter called?

• Free verse

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Limerick

What is a direct comparison between two unlike things called?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

What is a metaphor that continues throughout a poem or story called?

• Extended metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony

What is a figurative description that compares using 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What type of imagery appeals to the sense of sight?

• Sensory imagery

• Visual imagery

• Auditory imagery

• Tactile imagery

What type of questions are asked for effect, not expecting an answer?

• Rhetorical questions

• Open-ended questions

• Closed questions

• Leading questions

What is it called when a line continues into the next line in poetry?

• Stanza

• Enjambment

• Caesura

• Alliteration

What is the author's choice of words, sentence structure, punctuation, and tone called?

• Style

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

• Verse

• Stanza

• Paragraph

• Couplet

What is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony