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An English Quiz to teach poetry writing and analysis

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What is "(Oh, you are...)My sunrise on the darkest day"
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Pun
2
What is "You're wrong when it's right. It's black and it's white."
metaphor
personification
paradox
simile
3
What is, "You've got a smile that could light up this whole town"?
Hyperbole
Rhyme
Alliteration
Metaphor
4
What is " Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep"?
Personification
Metaphor
paradox
Simile
5
What is "Building my rain up in the cloud, falling like ashes to the ground"?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
6
What is hyperbole?
A large exaggeration
A cruel joke
Giving an inanimate object human qualities
Referring to another piece of literature or work of art
7
What is a paradox?
A restatement of a quote
A human trait given to an inanimate object.
A statement that appears seems to contradict itself
A comparison between two similar objects
8
What is personification?
A comparison
Repeating a consonant 3 or more times in a line
Giving an inanimate object, human qualities
Referring to another piece of literature or art
9
What is a metaphor?
A comparison; something that represents something else
A large exaggeration
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Repeating the first consonant of 3 or more words in a line
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What is a simile?
A comparison that uses "like" or "as"
Repeating a consonant 3 or more times
A bad joke
A large exaggeration