Poetry Test

Front

What is the narrator of a poem called?

Back

Speaker

Front

What device is used in the line: 'Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary'?

Back

Rhyme

Front

Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.

Back

Sound

Front

What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?

Back

Metaphor

Front

What is the message or moral of the story called?

Back

Theme

Front

What is a repeated phrase or line in a poem called?

Back

Refrain

Front

What is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?

Back

Meter

Front

What literary device involves exaggeration for emphasis?

Back

Hyperbole

Front

What is the term for the use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words in a line of poetry?

Back

Alliteration

Front

What is a comparison using 'like' or 'as' called?

Back

Simile