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Poetry Terms

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

a)

simile

b)

theme

c)

hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

2.

a division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains

a)

tone

b)

stanza

c)

hyperbole

d)

simile

3.

the message about life that the poem conveys

a)

simile

b)

tone

c)

alliteration

d)

theme

4.

the attitude or mood the author creates

a)

alliteration

b)

tone

c)

hyperbole

d)

imagery

5.

a deliberate exaggeration

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

imagery

6.

the repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

7.

creates a picture in the reader's mind

a)

stanza

b)

imagery

c)

personification

d)

meter

8.

a comparison of two different things. Doesn't use like or as.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

theme

9.

a rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated

a)

stanza

b)

personification

c)

meter

d)

simile

10.

sound words

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

repetition

d)

theme

11.

giving things that are not human, the personalities or actions of human

a)

rhyme

b)

personification

c)

imagery

d)

hyperbole

12.

to repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem

a)

Repetition

b)

metaphor

c)

meter

d)

hyperbole

13.

words that end in the same sound, end rhyme

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

rhyme

d)

imagery

14.

the pattern of rhymes

a)

stanza

b)

theme

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

tone

15.

the musical quality of a poem

a)

metahpor

b)

simile

c)

theme

d)

rhythm