Poetry Test Creative Writing

A comparison of two different things using "like" or "as."

• Hyperbole

• Couplet

• Free verse

• Simile

The pattern of final sounds in a poem.

• Rhyme scheme

• Onomatopoeia

• Example of hyperbole

• Acrostic

An exaggeration used for emphasis.

• Haiku

• Hyperbole

• Example of simile

• Example of hyperbole

A form of Japanese poetry that has a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

• Couplet

• Free verse

• Haiku

• Simile

Two lines that rhyme in a poem.

• Couplet

• Internal rhyme

• Rhythm

• Example of simile

A word that sounds exactly like the sound it describes.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Example of hyperbole

• Couplet

Words or phrases that appeal to the five senses.

• Alliteration

• Free verse

• Imagery

• Couplet

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Poetry without a regular rhyme scheme.

• Personification

• Example of hyperbole

• Free verse

• Example of simile

A comparison of two different things that does not use "like" or "as."

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Acrostic

• Example of simile