Figurative language and poetry

A dove is a symbol of what?

• war

• peace

• purity

• kindness

"He is as stubborn as a mule" is an example of:

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Which answer correctly completes this sentence?

A metaphor is a figure of speech that uses :

• comparison

• description

• imagination

• emotion

Which type of poetry tells a story?

• an ode

• lyric poetry

• narrative

• a sonnet

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a sonnet

• always 14 lines long

• is a lyric poem

• has a refrain or chorus

• can be an Elizabethan or Italian form

Which type of poetry expresses personal thoughts and feelings?

• lyric poetry

• a ballad

• an epic

• a narrative poem

"My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed in the morning." Is this an example of:

• metaphor

• personification

• symbolism

• simile

Which form of poetry would you choose if you were expressing your sorrow or grief at the loss of something?

• sonnet

• ode

• elegy

• ballad

What poetic device is being used here?

"The curtain of night was drawn over the city."

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• symbolism

"Your absence has gone through me

Like thread through a needle.

Everything I do is stitched with its color. " W.S. Merwin

Which THREE features does this poem contain?

• rhyme, metaphor, simile

• alliteration, rhyme, metaphor

• metaphor, personification, simile

• metaphor, simile, alliteration