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Poetry Terms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This is an example of:
Mrs. Thull's teaching is terribly treturous. 
a)
Imagery
b)
Alliteration
c)
Simile
d)
Personification
2.
This is an example of:
Zero Rez
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphor
c)
Paradox
d)
Palindrome
3.
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Palindrome
c)
Onomontopoeia
d)
Imagery 
4.
This is an example of: 
There is a confirmed rumor spreading the hallways. 
a)
Paradox
b)
Metaphor
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Personification
5.
This is an example of: 
This new quiz game is the BEST thing ever!!!
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Allusion
c)
Imagery
d)
Pun
6.
This is an example of: 
The sun is shining on my son.
a)
Paradox
b)
Palindrome
c)
Pun
d)
Question
7.
This is an example of: 
The crickets were chirping, the stars were shining and the air was filled with the smell of a campfire, s'mores and the pop corn was popping. 
a)
Onomontopia
b)
Paradox
c)
Personification
d)
Imagery
8.
a)
Paradox
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Onomontopia
d)
Simile
9.
a)
Pun
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
10.
This is an example of:
The class was happy as a clam. 
a)
Paradox
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Pun
11.
a)
Pun
b)
Stanza
c)
Palindrome
d)
Metaphor
12.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Paradox
c)
Onomontopia
d)
Metaphor
13.
This is an example of:
You are my sunshine. 
a)
Pun
b)
Palindrome
c)
Metaphor
d)
Onomontopia
14.
a)
Personification
b)
Paradox
c)
Allusion
d)
Idiom
15.
This is an example of: 
He was a Romeo with the ladies. 
a)
Allusion
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Similie
d)
Pun
16.
If a liar says "I'm lying right now." Is he lying or not? 
a)
Pun
b)
Paradox
c)
Idiom
d)
Personification
17.
What is this:
The students have a chip on their shoulder. 
a)
Idiom
b)
Stanza
c)
Rhyme Scheme
d)
Paradox
18.
This is an example of:
This my job, it is soda pressing. 
a)
Pun
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Allisteration
d)
Rhyme Scheme
19.
This is an example of:
The bubbly bubbles broke when they got to the branches.
a)
Pun
b)
Allusion
c)
Alliteration
d)
Paradox
20.
This is an example of:
The Gatorade quenched my thirst after I sprinted around the track with the sun beating down. 
a)
Imagery
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Pun