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Poetry Review 1 Gr. 9

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The following is an example of...

"When the silence isn't quiet..."

a)

metaphor

b)

paradox

c)

oxymoron

d)

hyperbole

2.

"You're so beautiful, girl, a blind man could love you"

This is an example of...

a)

metaphor

b)

paradox

c)

hyperbole

d)

alliteration

3.

"Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash"

In this line from a song you can find...

a)

hyperbole and metaphor

b)

anaphora and alliteration

c)

metaphor and simile

d)

paradox and simile

4.

"Tell the Devil I said hey when you get back to where you're from"

These song lyrics contain a...

a)

hyperbole

b)

assonance

c)

paradox

d)

allusion

5.

"I know the feeling haunt you, this maybe the night that my dreams might let me know"

These lyrics contain 2 examples of ...

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

personification

6.

"I'm losing my mind just a little"

These lyrics have an example of ...

a)

an idiom

b)

an allusion

c)

a metaphor

d)

the theme

7.

"And I will walk this road ahead, one hundred miles on my hands"

These lyrics include examples of ...

a)

assonance and metaphor

b)

alliteration and hyperbole

c)

personification and simile

d)

allusion and metaphor

8.

"I've had my share of sand kicked in my face"

These lyrics contain an example of...

a)

a metaphor meaning he's had a lot of problems.

b)

an allusion meaning he was at the beach.

c)

imagery because it's describing what the place looks like.

d)

an idiom meaning he got in trouble.

9.

"I thank you all, but it's been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise"

These lyrics have two examples of ...

a)

personification

b)

metaphors

c)

idioms

d)

allusions

10.

"I wanna thrill you like Michael, I want kiss you like Prince..."

These lyrics have two examples of both ____ and _____

a)

famous personification and idioms

b)

simile and allusion

c)

metaphor and alliteration

d)

hyperbole and simile

11.

"Love your curves and all your edges,

all your perfect imperfections"

These lyrics include...

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

oxymoron

12.

"Even when I lose, I'm winning

Cause I give you all of me

And you give me all of you"

These lyrics include...

a)

2 examples of hyperbole and a paradox

b)

2 examples of metaphor and an oxymoron

c)

2 examples of personification and an allusion

d)

2 examples of alliteration and a hyperbole

13.

A ballad is...

a)

a slow romantic song or poem

b)

a poem or song that narrates a story

c)

a sad, romantic poem or song

d)

a poem that can be sung

14.

Each paragraph in a poem is called a ...

a)

paragraph

b)

line

c)

stanza

d)

stroph

15.

"Get to talklin', I get involved, like a rebound"

These lyrics have an example of a...

a)

personification

b)

idiom

c)

metaphor

d)

simile