Poetry

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

Compares two things.

Time is a thief.
You are a couch potato.

Question 2

Similie

Answer 2

Compares two things using like or as.

Busy as a bee.
Clean as a whistle.

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Giving human qualities to non-living creatures.

Opportunity knocked on the door.
The sun greeted me this morning.

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

Outrageous exaggeration.

You snore louder than a freight train.
You could’ve knocked me over with a feather.

Question 5

Symbolism

Answer 5

A word that has its own meaning but is used to represent something way different.

Dove=Love
Black=Death

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

Repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words.

Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.

Question 7

Onamonpaeia

Answer 7

A sound device.

Boom!
Whoosh!
Score!

Question 8

Allusion

Answer 8

Brief reference to a historical, mythical, or literary person, place, event or movement.

Kindness

Question 9

Connotation

Answer 9

Emotional feelings.

Happy,sweet
Neutral,busy

Question 10

Denotation

Answer 10

(Literal) meaning of the word.

Sherpas

Question 11

Lines

Answer 11

Poetry is written in lines.

Question 12

Stanza

Answer 12

Grouping of lines.

Question 13

Repetition

Answer 13

Repeated use of a sound.

Question 14

Rhyme

Answer 14

Repetition of words at end of lines.

Question 15

Anthology

Answer 15

Collection

Question 16

Assonance

Answer 16

Repetition of sounds.