Poetic Term Review

"Slimy, silky spiders slowly sneaking southwards" is an example of what poetic term?

• simile

• alliteration

• assonance

• imagery

Assonance is......

• Words that match in sound

• Words that sound like the item being described

• The repetition of vowel sounds in words to create effect

• An obvious exaggeration used for effect

Words that sound like the item being described is called.....

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Imagery

Which of these is an example of imagery?

• Once I dive into these pages I may not come up for ages

• Raining cats and dogs

• Lightning danced across the sky

• Blue green like a crayon is the glistening, warm water. The brownish sand is warm between my welcoming toes.

Comparison of two items, made explicit by using as or like is called....

An implicit comparison between two items that are not normally connected is a....

• symbolism

• metaphor

• rhyme

• rhythm

"Lightning danced across the sky" is an example of....

• imagery

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

An obvious exaggeration used for effect is.....

• hyperbole

• repetition

• rhyme

• symbolism

"Is the pope Catholic?" is an example of a....

• assonance

• symbolism

• rhyme

• rhetorical question

"Once I dive into these pages I may not come up for ages" shows a poem with....

• assonance

• rhyme

• repetition

• hyperbole