The purpose for using figurative language is to...

convey deeper meaning to someone who did not experience things first hand.

Literary devices are...

language techniques writers use to create interesting text.

Which answer defines a line in regards to poetry?

A line is a unit of language into which a poem is divided

the author's attitude on a subject.

What are the five types of poetry?

Lyric, Narrative, Ballads, Epic, and Dramatic

What's the purpose of poetry?

poetry is to tell stories and show strong emotions.

Meter in poetry is...

the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line.

Which are examples of figurative language?

simile, metaphor, personification

Which three make up the sound devices?

Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Assonance

Poetry is a form of writing that combines meaning, sound, and rhythym.

Define sound devices.

resources used by reinforcing meaning through sound

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Poetry Elements & Figurative Language Quiz!

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This Quiz provides a review over the different types of poetry, the elements of poetry, figurative language, and sound devices.

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1
Language that deals with the five senses, not only sight.
irony
idiom
imagery
motif
2
The purpose for using figurative language is to...
do what others have done.
confuse students.
look smart.
convey deeper meaning to someone who did not experience things first hand.
3
Which TWO figurative language devices are being used here?
Hyperbole
Personification
Cliche
Idiom
4
What kind of sound device does this poem use?
Assonance
Repetition
Rhythm
Rhyme
5
What does poetry and rap have in common?
Both must make sense to the reader/listener
Both have lines and verses
Both must have punctuation
All of the above
6
A technique used in poetry where a word or line is repeated is known as...
Repetition
Couplet
Stanza
Rhyme
7
What type or form of poetry has no rhyming pattern?
Lyrical
Humorous
Free Verse
Narrative
8
Which TWO figurative language devices are being used here?
Idiom
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
9
What kind of sound device does this poem use?
Assonance
Alliteration
Rhythm
Repetition
10
What kind of sound device does this poem use?
Consonance
Assonance
Repetition
Rhyme
11
What kind of sound device does this poem use?
Rhyme
Rhythm
Consonance
Alliteration
12
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
synecdoche
symbolism
anecdote
theme
13
What is the fear of poetry?
Poetriphobia.
Being a teenager.
Rhythmaphobia.
Metrophobia.
14
Which figurative language device is being used here?
Idiom
Onomatopeia
Personification
Simile
15
What kind of sound device does this poem use?
Rhythm
Assonance
Repetition
Alliteration
16
Which figurative language device is being used here?
Hyperbole
Onomatopeia
Idiom
Simile
17
Literary devices are...
word choices.
an image created through style choices.
language techniques writers use to create interesting text.
the emotion that an author presents in their work.
18
The natural strong beat some music or poetry has is...
dancing
rhythm
swinging
singing
19
Sonnets have...
end with a rhyming couplet
fourteen lines
written in iambic pentameter
all of the above
20
"Writing poetry is a piece of cake!" This is an example of:
A Simile
Imagery
An Idiom
Personification
21
Which answer defines a line in regards to poetry?
A line is a unit of language into which a poem is divided
none of the above
A line in poetry is not like a sentence
A line is vocabulary that has poetic rhyme
22
Poetry should...
Match up with a catchy tune.
Make readers cry.
Share the human experience.
Confuse students.
23
An allusion is an expression intended to bring something specific to mind, without actually mentioning it.
False
True
24
What is NOT an element of poetry?
Similies
Rhyme Scheme
Metaphores
paragraphs
25
What figurative language is this
Simile
Alliteration
Onomatopeia
Metaphor
26
Tone is...
the sound of a note when sung.
the emotion the writer wants the reader to have.
rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
the author's attitude on a subject.
27
What type of poetry tells a story?
Narrative Poetry
Lyric Poetry
Dramatic Poetry
Poetry doesn't tell a story (Duh)
28
What kind of sound device does this poem use?
Alliteration
Rhythm
Repetition
Rhyme
29
Why Poetry?
To sound smarter than we are.
To confuse students with obscure language.
To pass the ministry exam.
To share the human experience.
30
Non-rhyming poetry that has a consistent meter written in iambic pentameter.
sonnet
ballad
blank verse
acrostic
31
What are the five types of poetry?
Lyric, Meter, Foot, Ballads, and Epic
Lyric, Narrative, Ballads, Epic, and Dramatic
Dramatic, Free Verse
Dramatic, Ode, Stanzas, Lines, and Free Verse
32
Stanza is a symbol in poetry?
False
True
33
How a poem is written or presented to the reader is its structure.
False
True
34
Which figurative language device is being used here?
Onomatopeia
Hyperbole
Similie
Metaphor
35
Which figurative language device is being used here?
Idiom
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
36
Which figurative language device is being used here?
Onomatopeia
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
37
The speaker is always the author of the poem.
False
True
38
What's the purpose of poetry?
there is no purpose it is boring
none of the above
to read things
poetry is to tell stories and show strong emotions.
39
Which peice of poetry is the oldest?
"The Road Not Taken"
"Hope Is The Thing With Feathers"
"The Raven"
"The Epic of Gilgamesh"
40
Meter in poetry is...
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line.
what is expected to happen.
what the writer wants the reader to know.
is what a poem is actually about.
41
Which are examples of figurative language?
verbs, nouns, and adjectives
simile, metaphor, personification
paraphrasing, underlining, highlighting
integrity, persistence, ownership
42
Mood is the emotion the reader feels when reading a literary work.
False
True
43
Which three make up the sound devices?
Alliteration, Assonance, Simile
Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Assonance
Onomatopoeia, Assonance, Simile
Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Anaphora
44
What type or form of poetry tells a story?
Narrative
Lyrical
Free Verse
Humorous
45
What kind of sound device does this poem use?
Alliteration
Consonance
Assonance
Rhyme
46
What figurative language is this
Idiom
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
47
Which figurative language device is being used here?
Idiom
Alliteration
Personification
Hyperbole
48
What is poetry?
Poetry is a form of writing that combines meaning, sound, and rhythym.
All of the above.
Poetry is a group of sentences.
Poetry is a figurative language.
49
Define sound devices.
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words
resources used by reinforcing meaning through sound
The pattern created by the stressed and unstressed syllables
The repetition of identical or similar sounds
50
Different perspectives can change how poetry is written.
False
True
51
Which figurative language device is being used here?
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Onomatopeia
52
Why do people write poetry?
To share a memory
All of the above
To entertain
To tell a story
53
___ is the arrangement of beats in a line of poetry.
rhyme
personification
metaphor
meter
54
Which of these are sound devices?
Metaphor, Simile, Imagery
Rhythm, Rhyme, Alliteration, Onomatapoeia
Stanzas, Couplets, Quatrains
Onomatopeia, Personification, Rhyme Scheme
55
The person behind the words that speak out to the audience in poetry is known as...
the line
the voice
the author
characters
56
The choice and use of words, phrasing and grammar in speech or writing.
diction
morpheme
denotation
connotation
57
The pattern of rhyme that occurs at the END of each line of poetry.
scheme
rhythm
line
stanza
58
What kind of sound device does this poem use?
Rhythm
Consonance
Repetition
Alliteration
59
TRUE or FALSE: Verse is another name for poetry.
FALSE
TRUE
60
Prose and poetry are synonyms.
False
True
61
What kind of sound device does this poem use?
Assonance
Alliteration
Rhyme
Consonance
62
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of...
consonance
repetition
alliteration
assonance
63
A _____ is two lines of poetry that usually rhyme.
haiku
alliteration
iamb
couplet
64
Which figurative language device is being used here?
Simile
Idiom
Onomatopeia
Personification
65
"What do you call a thieving alligator?" "A crookodile!" This is a...
pun
metaphor
idiom
simile
66
Poetry uses these instead of paragraphs:
Rhymes
Haikus
Stanzas
Sentences
67
Which is NOT figurative language?
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
smile
68
Which are examples of figurative language?
simile, metaphor, personification
paraphrasing, underlining, highlighting
integrity, persistence, ownership
verbs, nouns, and adjectives
69
What kind of sound device does this poem use?
Assonance
Consonance
Repetition
Rhythm
70
"The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plains" is an example of...
repetition
consonance
assonance
alliteration
71
Which figurative language device is being used here?
Smile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
72
Which figurative language device is being used here?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
73
Rhetorical devices are....
tools the writer can use to get an emotional response from the reader.
electronic devices used in the English classroom.
funny, short sayings.
boring and add no value to writing.
74
Which is NOT a form of Lyric Poetry?
Ode
Free Verse
Haiku
A Sonnet
75
What are the three types of allusions?
ballad, epic, sonnet
persuade, inform, entertain
simile, metaphor, and idiom
Biblical, historical, and literary
76
What kind of sound device does this poem use?
Rhyme
Consonance
Rhythm
Alliteration
77
What type or form of poetry is funny and makes you laugh?
Free Verse
Lyrical
Humorous
Narrative
78
What kind of sound device does this poem use?
Rhyme
Repetition
Alliteration
Assonance
79
What figurative language is this
Simile
Idiom
Personification
Onomatopeia
80
Lyrical poetry has several speakers expressing multiple thoughts and ideas at the same time.
False
True
81
Similar sound between words or the endings of words is...
rhyme
scheme
rhythm
chorus
82
The opposite of what is expected is...
irony
imagery
cliche
idiom
83
"Whisper words of wisdom, let it be" is an example of...
alliteration
metaphor
personification
simile
84
A reoccuring image, idea, or object is called a...
repetition
idiom
motif
cliche

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