The repetition of consonant sounds in poetry is known as ______________.
What is alliteration?
100
The rhyme scheme of a poem is determined by doing this.
What is using letters A-E to label the end rhyme of verses?
100
The fat cat sat on the mat.
This is an example of _________________.
What is assonance?
100
FANBOYS stand for these seven coordinating conjunctions.
What is FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO?
100
In the following sentence, the word HIKING is an example of a ___________.
Hilda’s hiking boots hurt her feet.
What is an adjective?
200
Words that imitate or spell the sound they make are known as ________________.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Assonance is the repetition of ______________ sounds.
What are vowel sounds?
200
The old car gagged and wheezed as it climbed up the steep hill.
This sentence is using an example of ______________.
What is personification?
200
A sentence with a comma placed between two independent clauses is known as a ______________.
What is a comma splice?
200
A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb is called a ____________.
What is an adverb?
300
________________ is the arrangement of words into a particular sequence.
What is rhythm?
300
The definition of personification is _________________.
What is giving human characteristics to non-human objects?
300
The stars shined as brightly as ten-thousand flashlights in the sky.
This is an example of a _______________.
What is a simile?
300
Identify where the comma(s) need to be inserted in the following sentence.
Henry my strange neighbor often runs naked through the streets .
What is after the word Henry and after the word neighbor?
300
The three types of verbs are known as _____________, _____________, and _______________ verbs.
What are helping, linking, and action verbs?
400
When the author uses __________________ in poetry, he is using the same word, idea, or phrase over again to make a point.
What is repetition?
400
A simile uses _________________ to make a comparison of two ___________________ objects.
What is "like", "as", "than"/unalike?
400
Life is a roller coaster because it has its ups and downs.
This is an example of a __________________.
What is a metaphor?
400
True or False: The following sentence needs a comma.
Do you want pancakes or waffles for breakfast?
What is FALSE?
400
In the following sentence, the word GRIEF is what part of speech?
At the funeral, the family felt great grief for their loss.
What is a noun?
500
If the author of the poem appeals to one of the five senses, he is using _____________ to create a picture in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
500
A metaphor is different from a simile because ___________, but a metaphor is similar to a simile because it _______________.
What is does not use "like", "as", than"/compares two unalike objects?
500
Ding-dong went the doorbell. I ran as fast as I could to answer the door, but I whacked my face into the wall.
Ding-dong and whacked are examples of _____________.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
In the following sentence, which of the clauses is a dependent clause?
Because it is raining, the students had to miss recess.
What is "because it is raining"?
500
The difference between an action verb and linking verb is _____________.
What is linking verbs do not express action, action verbs do express an action?