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Poetry Elements Definitions

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 3hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Compare two things together. Usually formed in a sentence with "like" and "as".

Example: "Life is like a box of chocolates."

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

2.

The word is also the sound.

Example: Boom, pow, hiss, pop.

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

3.

Exaggerated claims.

Example: So hungry I could eat a horse!

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

4.

Putting human characteristics to something not human.


Example: Lightning danced across the sky.

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

5.

Same letter or sound at beginning of closely connected words.

Example: Money matters, picture perfect, rocky road.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Repetition

c)

Rhyme

d)

Imagery

6.

The act of repeating something.

Example: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

a)

Alliteration

b)

Repetition

c)

Rhyme

d)

Imagery

7.

Close similarity in the final sounds of two or more words or lines of writing.

Example: Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

a)

Alliteration

b)

Repetition

c)

Rhyme

d)

Imagery

8.

Visual descriptive or figurative language.

Example: The autumn leaves are a blanket on the ground.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Repetition

c)

Rhyme

d)

Imagery

9.

Represents or stands for something else.

Example: Cross is used for a symbol of Christianity. The peace sign is a symbol for peace.

a)

Symbol

b)

Metaphor

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Rhyme

10.

Comparing something without using like or as.

Example: Superman is the man of steel.

a)

Symbol

b)

Metaphor

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Rhyme

11.

Two words that are opposite.

Example: Living dead, dead awake, the silence was loud, big baby.

a)

Symbol

b)

Metaphor

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Rhyme