Poetry Terms Quiz

What is the definition of a simile?

• A literary device that uses the words 'like' or 'as' to create a visual comparison between two unrelated things.

• A type of metaphor that uses the words 'like' or 'as' to compare two different things.

• A figure of speech that compares two similar things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

• A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

What is the definition of a metaphor?

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things

• A type of poem

• A type of musical instrument

• A type of punctuation mark

What is the definition of personification?

• Attributing human qualities to non-human things or abstract ideas.

• The act of personifying oneself.

• Giving human characteristics to animals or objects.

• Describing a person in great detail.

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• Exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect

• A type of mathematical equation

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• A form of poetry with a specific rhyme scheme

What is the definition of alliteration?

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Repetition of the same word at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Repetition of the same sound or letter in the middle of adjacent or closely connected words.

What is the definition of assonance?

• The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words.

• The repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in distant words.

What is the definition of repetition?

• The act of doing or saying something once

• The act of doing or saying something differently

• The act of doing or saying something again or repeatedly.

• The act of doing or saying something randomly

What is the definition of rhyme?

• The repetition of similar sounds at the end of two or more words.

• The repetition of similar meanings at the end of two or more words.

• The repetition of similar sounds in the middle of two or more words.

• The repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of two or more words.

What is the definition of onomatopoeia?

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

• The use of words that describe the appearance of objects or actions.

• The use of words that have multiple meanings.

• The use of words that rhyme with the objects or actions they refer to.

What is the definition of imagery?

• The use of abstract language to create a vague mental picture or sensory experience.

• The use of descriptive language to create a dull mental picture or sensory experience.

• The use of factual language to create a vivid mental picture or sensory experience.

• The use of descriptive language to create a vivid mental picture or sensory experience.