WorksheetsPoetry Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
a)
Allusion
b)
Symbolism
c)
Imagery
d)
Irony
2.
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Symbolism
c)
Imagery
d)
Personification
3.
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Imagery
c)
Satire
d)
Allusion
4.
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Allusion
5.
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
6.
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
a)
Imagery
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
7.
Giving human traits to non-living things.
a)
Irony
b)
Alliteration
c)
Tone
d)
Personification
8.
When two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. A combination of two contradictory or opposite words.
a)
Irony
b)
Alliteration
c)
Allusion
d)
Oxymoron
9.
When words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.
a)
Irony
b)
Satire
c)
Allusion
d)
Metaphor
10.
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Symbolism
c)
Alliteration
d)
Simile
11.
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
a)
Idiom
b)
Symbolism
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Allusion
12.
A group of words which mean something different from its literal meaning.
a)
Simile
b)
Idiom
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Symbolism
13.
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
a)
Tone
b)
Paradox
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
14.
The writer’s attitude toward a subject.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Satire
c)
Allusion
d)
Tone
15.
The use of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to emphasize the vice, foolishness or weaknesses in humans, organizations, or social conventions.
a)
Satire
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Metaphor
d)
Alliteration
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