English Poetry Quiz

Question 1

What is imagery?

Answer 1

Language that appeals to the senses, and creates an image in the mind

Question 2

What is a Hyperbole?

Answer 2

A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration

Question 3

What is dialogue?

Answer 3

Conversation between characters

Question 4

What is symbolism?

Answer 4

An object that represents an idea

Question 5

What is a theme?

Answer 5

The central idea of message of a story

Question 6

What is tone?

Answer 6

The attitude of the writing

Question 7

What is mood/ atmosphere

Answer 7

The feeling created by a literary work or passage

Question 8

What is rhyme scheme?

Answer 8

The pattern of rhymes in a poem

Question 9

What is a slant rhyme?

Answer 9

Words that sounds similar but aren’t perfect rhymes

Question 10

What is a free verse?

Answer 10

Poetry that does not have a rhyme scheme

Question 11

What is alliteration?

Answer 11

The repetition of consonant (non vowel) sounds

Question 12

What is assonance?

Answer 12

The repetition of vowel sounds

Question 13

What is an Onomatopoeia?

Answer 13

A word whose sounds imitates its meaning

Question 14

What is a simile?

Answer 14

A comparison using like or as

Question 15

What is a metaphor?

Answer 15

A comparison without using like or as

Question 16

What is an idiom?

Answer 16

An expression that does not mean what is literally says

Question 17

What’s an example of a hyperbole?

Answer 17

“I’ve told you a million times.”

Question 18

What’s an example of symbolism

Answer 18

Dove symbolizes peace

Question 19

What’s an example of alliteration?

Answer 19

Sally says seashells by the sea shore

Question 20

What’s an example of assonance?

Answer 20

At half past nine