Poetry Notes

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True

• False

What is "alliteration" ?

• The use of synonyms.

• Words that sound alike.

• An exaggeration.

• The repetition of a beginning letter sound.

What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration? 

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

How  is  poetry  written?  (structure)

• a)  Sentences & paragraphs

• b)  Sentences 

• c)  Lines & paragraphs

• d)  Lines & stanzas

The west wind dances down the road.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

The sun smiled after the rain stopped. 

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing. 

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile