Poetry Quiz

Name the type of figurative language. ”Tex was tickled as he tasted the tarantula’s toes.”

• Idiom
• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Simile

Name the type of figurative language. ”You’re a grinch.”

• Idiom
• Symbolism
• Allusion
• Simile

Name the type of figurative language. ”Pow.”

• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia

Name the type of figurative language. “You are like a rock.”

• Simile
• Allusion
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification

Name the type of figurative language. ”You are a rock.”

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Allusion
• Personification

Name the type of figurative language. ”The wind whispered mysteries through the branches.”

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Allusion
• Personification

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." is an example of which of the following?

• Anaphora
• Assonance
• Hyperbole
• Personification

What is the rhyme scheme for the poem "Dreams"? Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.

• AABB
• ABAB
• ABCB

Which of the following words DOES NOT rhyme with any other words.? Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again

• Wall
• Horses
• Men

True or False: Rhyming words sound the same AND look the same at the end.

• True, they look AND sound the same.
• False, they look the same, but they sound different.
• False, they sound the same, but they can look different.