Poetry Figurative Language Review

Lovely lonely night is an example of ____________________.

• alliteration

• a metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Wintery white wonderland is an example of __________________.

• a simile

• onomatopoeia

• an allusion

• alliteration

The ocean crashed angrily during the storm

• alliteration

• personification

• a simile

• a metaphor

An exaggeration is called __________________.

• rhyme

• tone

• an analogy

• hyperbole

A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is called ______________________.

• a simile

• an analogy

• free verse

• a metaphor

A comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways, but otherwise unalike is called ________________________.

• an analogy

• a simile

• a metaphor

• an allusion

The repetition of sounds at the ends of lines is called __________________.

• rhythm

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

The beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is called _________________.

• onomatopoeia

• an allusion

• rhythm

• personification

To reference or mention a well-known person, event, place, or work of art is called _______________________.

• a simile

• personification

• alliteration

• an allusion

Fun, sun, pun is an example of __________________.

• hyperbole

• a simile

• a metaphor

• rhyme