Vocabulary
The repetition of beginning sounds in words is called…
A) Personification
B) Alliteration
C) Consonance
D) Imagery
B) Alliteration
A short poem of 3 lines, usually about nature, is called a…
A) Ballad
B) Haiku
C) Ode
D) Epic
B) Haiku
“The classroom was a zoo.” This is an example of…
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Hyperbole
D) Alliteration
A) Metaphor
The repetition of ending sounds, like “light” and “night,” is called…
A) Rhyme
B) Alliteration
C) Consonance
D) Assonance
A) Rhyme
The big idea or message in a poem is called the…
A) Setting
B) Symbol
C) Theme
D) Tone
C) Theme
A comparison using “like” or “as” is a…
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Hyperbole
D) Symbol
A) Simile
A long poem that tells the story of a hero’s journey is a(n)…
A) Sonnet
B) Ballad
C) Epic
D) Elegy
C) Epic
“She ran faster than the wind.” This is an example of…
A) Personification
B) Hyperbole
C) Simile
D) Symbol
B) Hyperbole
Repeated consonant sounds inside or at the end of words, like “black rock,” is called…
A) Assonance
B) Consonance
C) Rhyme
D) Alliteration
B) Consonance
The attitude of the writer toward the subject is called the…
A) Mood
B) Theme
C) Tone
D) Connotation
C) Tone
Which term means giving human qualities to nonhuman things?
A) Hyperbole
B) Symbol
C) Personification
D) Imagery
C) Personification
“Oh, hear the tale of lovers lost,
Their ship went down, their hopes were tossed.
The waves grew high, the night grew cold,
A tragic story, sad and old.”
This excerpt is most likely which genre?
A) Ode
B) Haiku
C) Ballad
D) Sonnet
C) Ballad
“The sun smiled down on the children.” Which device is used here?
A) Metaphor
B) Personification
C) Symbol
D) Imagery
B) Personification
A rhyme inside one line of poetry is called…
A) Internal rhyme
B) End rhyme
C) Assonance
D) Consonance
A) Internal rhyme
How the reader feels when reading a poem is called the…
A) Symbol
B) Mood
C) Tone
D) Setting
B) Mood
When two words share the same vowel sounds (like “go” and “moan”), it’s called…
A) Alliteration
B) Assonance
C) Rhyme
D) Repetition
B) Assonance
A poem written to honor or praise someone or something is called an…
A) Epic
B) Haiku
C) Ode
D) Elegy
C) Ode
“Her laughter was music to my ears.” This is an example of…
A) Imagery
B) Simile
C) Metaphor
D) Hyperbole
C) Metaphor
“Buzz,” “clang,” and “whisper” are examples of…
A) Onomatopoeia
B) Hyperbole
C) Imagery
D) Personification
A) Onomatopoeia
Excerpt A (poem): “Her voice, a gentle river flows, through valleys deep, the silence goes.”
Excerpt B (song lyric): “Her voice is like a river, strong and clear, it carries me through every doubt and fear.”
Which answer best explains how the change in medium affects the message?
A) The poem uses imagery to create a reflective mood, while the song lyric uses rhythm to make the message more emotional
B) Both are exactly the same because they both mention a river
C) The song lyric has more words, so it has more meaning
D) Poems cannot show emotion without music
A) The poem uses imagery to create a reflective mood, while the song lyric uses rhythm to make the message more emotional
When a poet chooses a word for its emotional meaning beyond the dictionary definition, it’s called…
A) Denotation
B) Connotation
C) Allusion
D) Hyperbole
B) Connotation
Which line is written in trochaic meter (stressed + unstressed)?
A) “Tell me not in mournful numbers”
B) “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
C) “The woods are lovely, dark and deep”
D) “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?”
A) “Tell me not in mournful numbers”
When a poet refers to another famous story, work of art, or event, it’s called…
A) Symbolism
B) Allusion
C) Hyperbole
D) Connotation
B) Allusion
“The sun is high, the sky is blue,
The day is bright, the clouds are few.”
What is the rhyme scheme?
A) AABB
B) ABAB
C) ABBA
D) ABCD
A) AABB
“The flower blooms in spring,
But fades when winter comes.
Beauty does not last forever.”
What is the theme of this short poem?
A) Winter is stronger than spring
B) Nature controls all things
C) Beauty fades with time
D) Flowers are pretty in spring
C) Beauty fades with time