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Mid-Unit Poetry Review
Mid-Unit Poetry Review
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sometimes put to music that tells a story in several short regular stanzas, often with a refrain
haiku
lyric
ballad
limerick
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"It is raining cats and dogs!" This is a(n):
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Alliteration
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"The wind is screaming outside..." This is an example of:
Idiom
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
4
A five line poem in which lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme.
acrostic
elegy
free verse
limerick
5
"Her voice was music to my ears" is an example of a:
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
6
A poem about death or dying
elegy
lyric
narrative
haiku
7
a 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, always ending with a couplet
ballad
free verse
sonnet
narrative
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"This test was a piece of cake." This is an example of a(n):
Alliteration
Personification
Idiom
Simile
9
Chocolate is my Achilles heel! This is an example of...
allusion
alliteration
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
10
Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't. This is an example of:
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
Idiom
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A word that "makes" a sound is called:
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
12
"Life is like a box of chocolates..." This is an example of a
Pun
Simile
Idiom
Metaphor
13
A poem that does not follow a specific rhythm or rhyme scheme is...
limerick
haiku
narrative
free verse
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A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
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"Baby, you're a firework!" This is an example of a:
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Alliteration
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A poem developed by the letters of a word used to begin the first word in each line of the poem
elegy
lyric
haiku
acrostic
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A poem that tells a story
limerick
acrostic
elegy
narrative
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paints a picture with words using literary devices; often has a musical quality
lyric
acrostic
free verse
limerick
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The railroad is a ways away, yet we wait for the train every day. What is this an example of?
onomatopoeia
personification
assonance
oxymoron
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"It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!" This is an example of
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
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a Japanese poem of 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables that is about some aspect of nature
limerick
sonnet
free verse
haiku
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This is an oxymoron: "You are clearly confused on your math."
True
False