Poetic Writing Techniques Pretest

A writing technique that compares two unlike things using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• hyperbole

A writing technique that compares two unlike things where the first thing in the comparison becomes or is the second

• idiom

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

A writing technique where an author uses an impossible exaggeration to emphasize an ability, amount, or characteristic

• personification

• hyperbole

• allusion

• metaphor

A writing technique where an author gives objects human abilities or characteristics

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

A writing technique where an author repeats the same beginning sound in two or more words

• allusion

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

A writing technique where an author uses words that imitate sounds

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

• idiom

A writing technique where an author has a person, object or animal stand for or represent something else

• allusion

• symbolism

• idiom

• metaphor

A writing technique where an author uses a common expression or saying that is only understood by a specific group or culture

• allusion

• idiom

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

A writing technique where an author has something happen that is unexpected or the opposite of what would be expected to happen

• irony

• symbolism

• foreshadowing

• allusion

A writing technique where an author mentions something in their writing that is well-known from history, mythology, literature (the Bible, Shakespeare), or popular culture

• metaphor

• idiom

• allusion

• irony