Poetry Test

Question 1

Meter

Answer 1

arrangement of words, organized way to arrange stressed/unstressed syllables

Question 2

Rhyme

Answer 2

endings of the word sound the same

Question 3

Repetition

Answer 3

repeating a word, sound, or phrase for emphasis

Question 4

Simile

Answer 4

a phrase usually comparing things using like or as

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

direct comparison between two unlike things

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

repetition of the same sound/types of sounds at the beginning of words

Question 7

Imagery

Answer 7

appeal to the senses

Question 8

Hyperbole

Answer 8

exaggerated statement

Question 9

Idioms

Answer 9

phrase where the words mean something different than their literal meaning

Question 10

Onomatopoeia

Answer 10

Formation or words that imitate sounds

Question 11

Personification

Answer 11

making an inanimate object personified

Question 12

Free Verse Poems

Answer 12

poetry that is written without rules

Question 13

Haiku

Answer 13

17 syllable verse 5, 7, 5

Question 14

Limerick

Answer 14

poem that follows the rhyme scheme a a b b a

Question 15

Narrative Poem

Answer 15

of folk origin, meant to be sung