Elements of Poetry Short Answer Question

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Author
• Speaker
• Narrator
• Main character

Define "rhyme."

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
• The repetition of a letter.
• The repetition of an ending sound.

What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?

• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile

The way a poem looks is its ____________.

• Stanza
• Set-up
• Structure
• Sentences

Poems are arranged in lines. Lines can be ___________.

• A single word
• A sentence
• A part of sentence
• All of the above

Groups of lines are called ______________.

• Sentences
• Stanzas
• Tony Danzas
• Line groupings

Groups of lines are called ______________.

• Sentences
• Stanzas
• Tony Danzas
• Line groupings

What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Free verse poetry does not have...

• stanzas
• plot or conflict
• rhyme or rhythm
• serious topic

All are found in poetry except...

• rhyme scheme
• rhythm
• stanza
• paragraphs