Poetry

The rain danced on the roof is an example of...

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Ring! Ring! is an example of...

• rhyme

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

My grandmother was as beautiful as a Texas sunrise is an example of...

• metaphor

• rhyme

• simile

• onomatopoeia

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences & paragraphs

• Sentences & stanzas

• Lines & paragraphs

• Lines & stanzas

Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.

• Sound

• Sight

• Taste

• Touch

Define "rhyme."

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."

• The repetition of a letter.

• The repetition of an ending sound.

Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.

• Musical

• Old-fashioned

• Important

• Difficult

What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Repetition

• Theme

The repetition of vowel sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Theme

• Personification