Poetry terminology

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Question 1: When several words begin with the same sound it is called?
simile
theme
hyperbole
alliteration
onomatopoeia

Question 2: What is it called when you give human qualities to a non-human object?
imagery
symbolism
personification
figurative language
rhyme scheme

Question 3: The use of a comparison or an exaggeration to make a point is called?
hyperbole
alliteration
figurative language
metaphor
rhyme scheme

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

Question 5: A figure of speech or an exaggeration is also a?
simile
hyperbole
theme
personification
alliteration

Question 6: The use of symbols is called?
symbolism
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
alliteration
imagery

Question 7: When you use image words to make you imagine something is?
alliteration
personification
rhyme scheme
imagery
hyperbole

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?
imagery
rhyme scheme
personification
hyperbole
symbolism

Question 9: A direct comparison of two very different things is a?
theme
onomatopoeia
imagery
personification
metaphor

Question 10: What is the main idea of a piece of writing?
theme
figurative language
sumbolism
alliteration
metaphor

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

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