Poem Terms Test

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

A creative comparison that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.

Question 2

Analogy

Answer 2

A creative comparison in which one relationship between two ideas is used to describe another.

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

A creative comparison that makes a connection between two concepts using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Question 4

Extended Metaphor

Answer 4

A metaphor in which multiple points of comparison are made over the course an entire work.

Question 5

Rhyme

Answer 5

when a word at the end of a poetic line ends with the same sound as a word at the end of another line.

Question 6

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 6

Patterns of rhyming that is denoted using letters

Question 7

Alliteration

Answer 7

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words in a series.

Question 8

Assonance

Answer 8

the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of non-rhyming words

Question 9

Consonance

Answer 9

The repetition of consonant sounds in series of non-rhyming words, particularly at the end of the word.