Poetry Pre-Test

What does the term 'hyperbole' mean?

• Extreme exaggeration

• Comparison between two unlike options not using 'like' or 'as'

• Comparison between two unlike options that does use 'like' or 'as'

• Play on the multiple meanings of two or more words

What is a direct metaphor?

• An extreme exaggeration

• A comparison between two unlike objects that does not use 'like' or 'as' and directly states one thing is another

• A comparison between two unlike objects that does not use 'like' or 'as' and implies one thing is another (does not directly state)

• A play on the multiple meanings of two words

Implied metaphor

• Extreme exaggeration

• A comparison between two unlike objects that does not use 'like' or 'as' to directly state one thing is another

• A comparison between two unlike objects that does not use 'like' or 'as' and implies that one thing is another (does not directly state)

• A comparison between two unlike objects that does use 'like' or 'as' to directly state one thing is another

What does personification mean?

• Extreme exaggeration

• A metaphor in which non-human objects are given human characteristics

• A comparison between two unlike objects that does use 'like' or 'as'

• A play on the multiple meanings of two or more words

What is a simile?

• A reference to a person, place, character, etc. from history, music, literature, etc.

• A comparison between two objects or things that does use 'like' or 'as'

• A play on the multiple meanings of two or more words

• A metaphor in which non-human objects are given human characteristics

What does the term 'oxymoron' refer to?

• The use of same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together.

• The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

• The use of contradictory terms found side by side to make a point.

• A play on the multiple meanings of 2 or more words.

onomatopoeia

• The use of same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together

• The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

• Language that appeals to the senses (taste, sight, touch, hear, smell)

• When the vowel sound within a word matches the same sound in a nearby word, but the surrounding consonant sounds are different.

alliteration

• When the vowel sound within a word matches the same sound in a nearby word, but the surrounding consonant sounds are different.

• The use of same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together.

• Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture.

• Language that appeals to the senses (taste, sight, touch, hear, smell).

imagery

• The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

• When the vowel sound within a word matches the same sound in a nearby word, but the surrounding consonant sounds are different.

• Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture

• Language that appeals to the senses (taste, sight, touch, hear, smell)

What is assonance?

• The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

• The use of same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together.

• When the vowel sound within a word matches the same sound in a nearby word, but the surrounding consonant sounds are different.

• Language that appeals to the senses (taste, sight, touch, hear, smell).