Poetry Quizzes

The following line is an example of which sound device?
I think I like the bright, pink kite. 

• onomatopoeia
• consonance
• repetition
• alliteration 

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Diction
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Theme

A figure of speech in which an exaggerated statement is made.

• Hyperbole
• Enjambment
• Assonance
• Free Verse

A word that sounds like what it means. 

• Onomatopoeia
• Consonance
• Metaphor
• Verse

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

• Symbol
• Theme
• Allusion
• Enjambment

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

• Theme
• Tone
• Verse
• Hyperbole

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices

• Plot Elements
• Figurative Language
• Sensory Language
• Literal Language

A group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph or verse

• Lines
• Chorus
• Stanza
• Refrain

Dictionary definition of the word

• Connotation
• Dictionary
• Denotation
• Feelings, thoughts 

Words within the lines that rhyme

• Internal Rhyme
• Exact Rhyme
• Near Rhyme
• End Rhyme