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Poetry Unit Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
b)
His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
c)
A hurricane! AHHH!
d)
The hurricane screamed through the town. 
2.
What is a metaphor?
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
c)
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
d)
An extreme exaggeration
3.
Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Boom!
b)
No!
c)
Yes!
d)
Go!
4.
What is the definition of hyperbole?
a)
When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
b)
When words sound like what they mean.
c)
An extreme exaggeration 
d)
A comparison 
5.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 
6.
What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
7.
What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
a)
Her hair is red.
b)
She talks really loudly.
c)
She gets really angry. 
d)
She spits when she talks. 
8.
What's the meaning of this hyperbole?
"Shawn would move mountains for Angela."
a)
Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together.
b)
Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes.
c)
Shawn would do anything for Angela.
d)
Angela is really pretty. 
9.
The pie was so tough I needed an ax to cut it.
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
10.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
oxymoron
11.
What type of figurative language is shown?
That freshly baked apple pie looks awfully good.
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
oxymoron
12.
What type of figurative language is shown?
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.
a)
personification
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
13.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The waiter served us a delicious plate of jumbo shrimp.
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
oxymoron
d)
hyperbole
14.
What type of figurative language is shown?
The thunder boomed in the storm.
a)
oxymoron
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopoeia
15.
What is an oxymoron?
a)
giving human traits to objects or ideas
b)
a phrase that means something else than what it says
c)
repeating the same initial sound in neighboring words
d)
words or phrases that are contradictory
16.
The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
17.
I balked when I saw the tall cop in the hall; I knew he was looking for you.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
onomatopoeia
18.

Slippery, smooth silk slipped through Alice's slender fingers

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

consonance

d)

Tim sure gets sick often

19.
The use of words that imitate sounds
a)
Simile
b)
Imagery
c)
Onomatopoeia 
d)
Repetition 
20.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Consonance

c)

Assonance

d)

Onomatopoeia

21.
The repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning, middle, and end of nearby words. 
a)
Alliteration
b)
Consonance
c)
Assonance
d)
Onomatopoeia
22.
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning, middle or end of nearby words. 
a)
Alliteration
b)
Consonance
c)
Assonance 
d)
Onomatopoeia
23.
What is the allusion commonly used for Cinderella?
a)
hard work
b)
hard work and bad treatment
c)
being ignored 
d)
All of the above
24.
Allusion is defined as______
a)
Two lines working as a unit
b)
A reference to a famous  person, place, or event
c)
A form of wordplay with similar sounding sounds
d)
Words that involve one of the five senses
25.
Which of the following is not an example of an allusion?
a)
She transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.
b)
His wife was his Achilles' heel.
c)
He lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's.
d)
We'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.
26.
A light bulb symbolizes...
a)
Evil
b)
Idea or Invention
c)
Darkness
d)
Old age
27.
A diamond symbolizes...
a)
Rihanna
b)
Poor
c)
Wealth or Beauty
d)
Light
28.
_____________ appeals to the senses and relies on vivid detail
a)
Imagery
b)
Simile
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Oxymoron
29.

A story, poem, or picture that can symbolize a hidden meaning.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Allegory

d)

Acrostic

30.

Allegory and Metaphor are

a)

Similar, but different because allegory looks a an entire story as a deeper meaning, whereas a metaphor directly compares to unlike things

b)

Are very different

c)

Are the same thing

31.

An author is

a)

Always the person who tells the story

b)

The person who writes the story

c)

The main character within a story

32.

A poem that is often set to music and narrates a story is known as a

a)

Short story

b)

Ballad

c)

Limerick

d)

Acrostic

33.

This is a term that means word choice

a)

Connotation

b)

Antonym

c)

Synonym

d)

Diction

34.

Continuation of a thought throughout a poem that is not broken up with any punctuation (comma, period, colon etc.)

a)

Enjambment

b)

Line

c)

Verse

d)

Meter

35.

The most common meter in poetry, and often used by Shakespeare

a)

Iambic Pentameter

b)

Monometer

c)

Diamente

36.

Sensory detail

a)

Personification

b)

Imagery

c)

Metaphor

d)

Allusion

37.

Mood

a)

How the poem is meant to make you feel

b)

How the author feels about the poem

c)

The tone of voice that is used

38.

The poet's attitude and feelings towards the subject of the poem

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Diction

d)

Connotation

39.

When two words at the end of a line in poetry, have similar, but not identical sounds

a)

Rhyme

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Repetition

d)

Slant Rhyme

40.

An example of slant rhyme is

a)

"pact" and "slicked"

b)

"bean" and "green"

c)

"sea" and "see"

d)

"thought" and "caught"

41.

With which term does the following definition match?


An extended metaphor that is often political in nature

a)

Allusion

b)

Allegory

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Free Verse

42.

This type of poem follows no rules

a)

Ballad

b)

Haiku

c)

Limerick

d)

Free Verse

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