Poetry unit

Question 1

repetition of the initial consonants of words.

Answer 1

Alliteration

Question 2

a poem without predictable rhyme, rhythm, or length of line or stanza.

Answer 2

Free Verse

Question 3

Hyperbole: excessive exaggeration to make a point

Answer 3

Hyperbole

Question 4

Imagery: the use of vivid words that appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch

Answer 4

Imagery

Question 5

Metaphor: a comparison of two dissimilar things that implies some sort of equality between the things

Answer 5

Metaphor

Question 6

Onomatopoeia: a word that makes the sound of the action it describes

Answer 6

Onomatopoeia

Question 7

Personification: a comparison that gives human qualities to inanimate objects

Answer 7

Personification

Question 8

Rhyme scheme: the pattern of the end rhymes in a poem

Answer 8

Rhyme scheme

Question 9

Simile: a comparison of two dissimilar things that uses “like” or “as”

Answer 9

Simile

Question 10

Speaker: the narrator of a poem

Answer 10

Speaker

Question 11

Stanza: a group of lines of poetry, usually similar in length and pattern

Answer 11

Stanza