7th Poetry Terms Quiz

If a phrase, word, or sound are used more than once in a poem

• consonance

• assonance

• rhyme

• repetition

The repetition of the same sounds at the end of a word

• rhyme

• repetition

• assonance

• consonance

When a writer imitates a sound in their writing by spelling it out

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• consonance

• assonance

The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of being and ideal grace

I love thee to the level of every days

The underlined words are examples of which sound device?

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

• rhyme

The repetition of a vowel sounds within a word such as Minnesota and finish

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

"sentences" in poetry

• stanza

• line

• meter

• imagery

Giving human qualities and abilities to an object or idea

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

Using like or as to compare two unlike things in an effort to describe something

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

Comparing two things that are not alike in order to create a better picture for the reader (without using like or as)

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification