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Poetry terms

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of Imagery?

a)

Repeating words or phrases

b)

Comparing two things NOT using like or as

c)

Pictures in your mind

d)

Words that have the same sound

2.

What is the definition of Repetition

a)

Pictures in your mind

b)

Comparing two words using like or as

c)

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

d)

Repeating words or phrases

3.

What is the definition of Simile

a)

Pictures in your mind

b)

Comparing two words using like or as

c)

The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning

d)

A word that compares a NON-LIVING being

4.

What is the definition of a Metaphor

a)

A comparison NOT using like or as

b)

A comparison USING like or as

c)

Rhyming words as in cat/hat

d)

Using the same sound at the beginning of neighboring words

5.

What is the definition of personification

a)

Giving human traits to something that is not a human

b)

Saaying that one thing IS something else

c)

Helping the reader form a picture in their mind

d)

Makes you tap your foot

6.

What is the definition of onomatopoeia

(a)  

7.

What is the definition of Hyperbole

a)

Is a figure of speech that uses exaggerated comparisons

b)

Something that makes you tap your foot

c)

Something that has rhyming words

d)

Words being compared by using like or as

8.

Which one is the right example of a Hyperbole

a)

I have a million things to do today!

b)

A bird in the hand is worth a fumble in a bush!

9.

What is the definition of alliteration

a)

Words that have the same beginning sound

b)

Words that do not have the same beginning sound

c)

Words that rhyme

d)

Words that are comparing two things using like or as

10.

What is a Onomatopoeia

11.

Simile is comparing two words using like or as

a)

True

b)

False

12.

A hyperbole is BOOM! POW! SPLASH!

a)

True

b)

False