Poetry and Figurative Language Quiz

Descriptive writing that appeals to any of our five senses

• repetition

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

comparing two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

Several lines grouped together in a poem

• line

• stanza

• poetry

• repetition

On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of ...

• alliteration

• personification

• rhyme

• stanza

Crash, ZOINK, Moo, BOOM, and POP are examples of

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• poetry

When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called

• scheme

• rhyme

• alliteration

• repetition

My sloppy sister snoozes is an example of...

• cleverness
• alliteration
• a rude comment
• personification

My love for you is a rose is an example of...

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• rhyme

Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme

• haiku
• cinquain
• free verse
• limerick

A _____________ is a humorous, five line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme

• narrative

• haiku

• limerick

• humorous