Poetry Month

Groups of lines in a poem

• stanzas

• free verse

• lines

• rhyme scheme

A comparison of two things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Two things are compared without using like or as

• hyperbole

• idiom

• alliteration

• metaphor

What is "alliteration" ?

• The use of synonyms.

• Words that sound alike.

• An exaggeration.

• The repetition of a beginning letter sound.

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

When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called

• scheme

• rhyme

• alliteration

• repetition

The west wind dances down the road.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

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

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True

• False