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Worksheets7th: Poetry Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
metaphor
Which type of figurative language involves the direct comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
What poetic device is used when the initial sounds of words are repeated in close succession?
Assonance
Consonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
In poetry, what term describes the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?
Meter
Rhyme
Free verse
Refrain
Which poetic device involves the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect?
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
What is the term for a poem's underlying structure, the rules that govern its meter, rhyme, and stanzaic pattern?
Free verse
Form
Limerick
Haiku
What type of figurative language is being used when an inanimate object is given human characteristics?
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
What literary device is used to give human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract ideas?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Which form of poetry is structured, has a specific rhyme scheme, and tells a story, often set to music?
Free verse
Haiku
Ballad
Limerick
What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds, particularly at the end of words?
Assonance
Consonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
