Poetry Test

_________ means when the same sound appears at the beginning of two or more nearby words? 

• alliteration
• personification
• repetition
• mataphor

_________ means repeating words for emphasis?

• simile
• metaphor
• repetition
• imagery

a person who writes poetry

• poet
• playwright
• novelist
• editor

Poems must rhyme.

• true

• false

Which type of poem is humorous?

• bio poem

• sonnet

• haiku

• limerick

What are words that imitate sounds?

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• synonyms

Why are words or phrases repeated in poems, stories, or movies?

• to annoy
• to make less important
• to emphasize or make stand out

What is "alliteration" ?

• The use of synonyms.
• Words that sound alike.
• An exaggeration.
• The repetition of a beginning letter sound.

What figurative language is used in this sentence?
Gilbert and Gus gulped and gasped for air as they fought over the squeaky toy.

• Rhyme
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Personification

Identify the following poem:

Crisp winter breezes,

Biting roughly at my nose.

My toes are frozen.

• alliteration

• haiku

• acrostic

• limerick