Poetry Middle School

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words? 

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• simile

A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a line of space 

• stanza
• verse
• refrain
• couplet

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true and is not meant to be taken literally 

• personification
• simile
• hyperbole
• prose

A comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing is a dissimilar object or thing. 

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration

Words whose sounds imitate their meaning

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• personification

a comparison of two unlike things using like or as 

• simile
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia 
• stanza 

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• hyperbole
• personification
• simile
• prose

literature that is not poetry; ex: most essays, short stories, novels, and plays 

• prose
• poetry
• limericks
• elegy

a form of literature that uses rhythm, rhyme, sound, or structure to express something in an artistic way 

• prose 
• limericks
• poetry

meant to tell a funny story; has five lines; has the rhyme scheme AABBA

• limericks
• poetry
• elegy 
• narrative