Poetic Techniques

Which language technique is used when comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

What is the term for giving human qualities to non-human objects or ideas?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

Which language technique is used to create a vivid image by describing something as if it were a person?

• Metaphor

• Symbol

• Personification

• Simile

What is the term for a noun that represents an idea, quality, or state rather than a physical object?

• Abstract Noun

• Preposition

• Hyperbole

• Juxtaposition

Which language technique shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence?

• Abstract Noun

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Preposition

What is the term for an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally?

• Abstract Noun

• Preposition

• Hyperbole

• Juxtaposition

Which language technique places two things side by side for comparison or contrast?

• Alliteration

• Sibilance

• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

What is the term for a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction?

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

Which language technique is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words?

• Sibilance

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

What is the term for a type of alliteration where the repetition of 's' sounds occurs?

• Juxtaposition

• Sibilance

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron