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Poetic terms and figurative language Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Caleb called Chris, cause he's coming to California
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
metaphor
2.
A stanza or poem that contains 8 lines
a)
quatrain
b)
octave
c)
couplet
d)
septuplet
3.
You are an encyclopedia!
a)
metaphor
b)
similie
c)
alliteration
d)
allusion
4.
I am as tall as the CN tower.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
allusion
d)
alliteration
5.
Boom! Bang!
a)
assonance
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
d)
consonance
6.

giving human qualities to non-human things like animals, objects, or ideas. Example - "The motor coughed and wheezed."

a)

hyperbole/hipérbole (noun)

b)

simile/símil (noun)

c)

onomatopoeia/onomatopeya (noun)

d)

personification/personificación (noun)

7.
a phrase that has two opposite words
a)
Simile
b)
Irony
c)
Personification
d)
Oxymoron
8.
an extreme exaggeration
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Irony
c)
Pun
d)
Oxymoron
9.
a word that imitates the sound that it represents
a)
Idiom
b)
Metaphor
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
10.

Rhyme scheme

a)

two words rhyme

b)

the pattern of how words in a poem rhyme, including approximate rhymes

c)

must be exact rhymes

11.

Stanza:

a)

The title of the poem

b)

The subject of the poem

c)

A group of lines in a poem

d)

How many lines there are in the poem

12.

Repetition:

a)

A word is repeated in a line/stanza

b)

The first letter of a word is repeated

c)

A vowel sound in the middle of words is repeated

d)

The ends of multiple words have the same sound

13.

Assonance:

a)

A vowel sound is repeated

b)

A consonant sound is repeated

c)

The initial sound of a word is repeated

d)

A word is repeated in a line/stanza

14.

A quatrain:

a)

a two line stanza

b)

a short Japanese poem about nature

c)

a five line stanza

d)

a four line stanza

15.
Occurs when one thing stands for or represents something else.
a)
Allusion
b)
symbolism
c)
mood
d)
imagery
16.
Involves one or more of your five senses - the abilities to hear, taste, touch, smell, and see. An author uses a word or phrase to stimulate your memory of those senses and to help create mental pictures.
a)
Imagery
b)
tone
c)
mood
d)
allusion
17.
An author's attitude toward his or her subject.
a)
metaphor
b)
tone
c)
mood
d)
idiom
18.

Holophrasis is

a)

the use of religious imagery

b)

a one word sentence

c)

the use of sound words that echo

d)

the repetition of O sounds

19.

A sonnet is

a)

a poem about the sun

b)

poetry of filial love

c)

a 14 line poem

d)

a seven line poem

20.

Enjambment is...

a)

the use of internal rhyme

b)

A clumsy rhyme scheme

c)

The use of repetition

d)

When a line of poetry has no punctuation at the end