Poetry Test

_________ means when the same sound appears at the beginning of two or more nearby words? 

• alliteration
• personification
• repetition
• mataphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

_________ means repeating words for emphasis?

• simile
• metaphor
• repetition
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

a person who writes poetry

• poet
• playwright
• novelist
• editor

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Poems must rhyme.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which type of poem is humorous?

• bio poem

• sonnet

• haiku

• limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

What are words that imitate sounds?

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• synonyms

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Why are words or phrases repeated in poems, stories, or movies?

• to annoy
• to make less important
• to emphasize or make stand out

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is "alliteration" ?

• The use of synonyms.
• Words that sound alike.
• An exaggeration.
• The repetition of a beginning letter sound.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What figurative language is used in this sentence?
Gilbert and Gus gulped and gasped for air as they fought over the squeaky toy.

• Rhyme
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Identify the following poem:

Crisp winter breezes,

Biting roughly at my nose.

My toes are frozen.

• alliteration

• haiku

• acrostic

• limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5