8th Grade Poetry Test

What is the correct syllable count for each line in a limerick?

• 7,7,5,5,7

• 9,9,6,6,9

• 8,8,5,5,8

• 5,5,8,8,5

What literary device is used to create a visual image in the reader's mind?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Personification

What literary device is used to compare two like things using "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• None of the above

Which literary device gives human qualities to non-human things?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

What is the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet?

• ABBA ABBA CDCCDC

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• AABB CCDD EEFF GG

• ABAB BCBC CDCD EE

What is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

What literary device/figurative language is used in the passage "Double double toil in trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble"?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Which type of poem has 5 lines with a specific rhyme scheme and meter?

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Sonnet

• Epic

Which literary device imitates natural sounds?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole