Poetry terminology

Developed by: kaela

Question 1: When several words begin with the same sound it is called?

	simile
	alliteration
	hyperbole
	theme
	onomatopoeia

Question 2: What is it called when you give human qualities to a non-human object?

	imagery
	personification
	figurative language
	rhyme scheme
	symbolism

Question 3: The use of a comparison or an exaggeration to make a point is called?

	alliteration
	figurative language
	rhyme scheme
	metaphor
	hyperbole

Question 4: A direct comparison of two very different things linking them with the words "like" or "as" is a?

	personification
	imagery
	simile
	onomatopoeia
	theme

Question 5: A figure of speech or an exaggeration is also a?

	simile
	alliteration
	personification
	theme
	hyperbole

Question 6: The use of symbols is called?

	imagery
	onomatopoeia
	hyperbole
	symbolism
	alliteration

Question 7: When you use image words to make you imagine something is?

	personification
	rhyme scheme
	imagery
	hyperbole
	alliteration

Question 8: When the first line is designated as "A" and the sound at the end of the second line is designated as "B" that is a?

	hyperbole
	symbolism
	rhyme scheme
	imagery
	personification

Question 9: A direct comparison of two very different things is a?

	imagery
	metaphor
	onomatopoeia
	theme
	personification

Question 10: What is the main idea of a piece of writing?

	theme
	alliteration
	metaphor
	sumbolism
	figurative language

Question 11: A word whose sound seems to express or reinforce its meaning words that imitate a sound is?

	theme
	hyperbole
	personification
	imagery
	onomatopoeia

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