Poetry Examples

When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called

• scheme

• rhyme

• alliteration

• repetition

words that are used within a poem repeatedly to express a certain point

• rhyme

• repetition

• stanza

• alliteration

comparing two things WITHOUT using LIKE or AS is called

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• stanza

On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of ...

• alliteration

• personification

• rhyme

• stanza

Several lines grouped together in a poem

• line

• stanza

• poetry

• repetition

comparing two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

"Giving human characteristics to animals or objects" is a definition of:

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

"The use of words that sound like what they describe" is a definition of:

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

Read the following stanza and decide which two poetic devices the author uses.
"I am Super Sampson Simpson,
I'm superlatively strong.
I like to carry elephants,
I do it all day long.
I pick up half a dozen
and hoist them in the air.
It's really somewhat simple,
for I have strength to spare."

• simile, onomatopoeia

• alliteration, hyperbole

• metaphor, personification

"Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'" is a definition of:

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile