Poetry Review

When you see the same words or phrases over and over again in a poem it is:

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Tone

• Repetition

Bam! A sound word!

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Tone

• Alliteration

"The wind whined through the willows" is an example of:

• Simile

• Tone

• Alliteration

• Repetition

A comparison of two DIFFERENT things using LIKE OR AS is called a:

• Mood

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

the overall FEELING of a poem is the:

• Mood

• Tone

• Setting

• Speaker

"The table groaned under the weight of the boxes" is an example of:

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Simile

• Repetition

Definition: an exaggerated statement used to create an emphasis

Ex: I'm so tired I could sleep for a whole year!

• hyperbole

• simile

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

Definition: comparing two unlike things by NOT using “like” or “as”

Ex: I am a cheetah when running the mile.

• simile

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

Definition: the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

Ex: The chatty child's teeth chattered because of the chilly weather.

• alliteration

• personification

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each line or verse in a poem

(ex: AABBA)

• rhyme

• stanza

• rhyme scheme

• refrain