Elements of Poetry

What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Hyberbole

What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?

• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences & paragraphs
• Sentences & stanzas
• Lines & paragraphs
• Lines & stanzas

What are the "paragraphs" of poems?

• sections
• stanzas
• paragraphs
• forms

What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Does a poem have to contain rhyme to be a poem?

• Yes
• No

Birds bathe backward in the birdbath. This is an example of what element?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

EX: I have a ton of chores to do when I get home.

• symbol
• simile
• metaphor
• hyberbole

Personification is:

• words that mimic sounds.
• a figure of speech that gives the qualities of a person to an animal , object, or idea.
• appeals to senses.
• comparison of two unlike things.

What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"

• Simile
• Refrain
• Personification
• Metaphor