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WorksheetsFigurative Language/Poetry
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
giving non-human objects human qualities
a)
personification
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
d)
simile
2.
a comparison of two things that does not use "like" or "as" to compare
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
adages
3.
a comparison between two things using "like" or "as" to compare
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
idiom
d)
onomatopoeia
4.
the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
personification
5.
an exaggeration to make a point
a)
hyberbole
b)
idiom
c)
adages
d)
onomatopoeia
6.
an expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words
a)
idiom
b)
simile
c)
adages
d)
personification
7.
a word that sounds like what it means
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
idiom
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
8.
a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth
a)
adages
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
9.
creates a picture in the reader's mind
a)
imagery
b)
meter
c)
repetition
d)
tone
10.
a rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated
a)
meter
b)
alliteration
c)
imagery
d)
tone
11.
to repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem
a)
repetition
b)
rhyme
c)
personification
d)
stanza
12.
words that end in the same sound, end rhyme
a)
rhyme
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
meter
13.
the patterns of rhymes
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopoeia
14.
the musical quality of a poem
a)
rhythm
b)
prepetition
c)
personification
d)
stanza
15.
a division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains
a)
stanza
b)
tone
c)
imagery
d)
meter
16.
one line of a poem
a)
verse
b)
stanza
c)
meter
d)
rhyme
17.
the message about life that the poem conveys
a)
theme
b)
hyperbole
c)
alliteration
d)
meter
18.
the attitude or mood the author creates
a)
tone
b)
theme
c)
metaphor
d)
stanza
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