Poem Questions and Answers

1)  _______________________ is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

• Alliteration
• Rhyme
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia

2)  A group of lines of poetry separated by spaces and much like a paragraph is called a __________________________.

• verse
• stanza

3)  A _______________________ is a comparison of two things, people, or ideas and uses the words like or as.

• simile
• metaphor

4)  The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word is called ___________________________.

• similes
• personification
• alliteration
• metaphor

A ____________________ is a single line of poetry and much like a sentence.

• stanza
• line
• verse

Poets may give human qualities to objects or ideas.  This technique is called _____________________________.

• alliteration
• personification
• humanization
• people-izing

______________________________ is the words to imitate sounds.

• Alliteration
• Personification
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia

A comparison of two things, but doesn't use the words like or as is a _____________________________.

• metaphor
• simile

______________________ is the sound pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables.

• Rhyme
• Rhythm
• Meter
• Beat

Buzz, hiss, and meow are examples of ________________.

• alliteration
• personifcation
• onomatopoeia