Giving human qualities to a non human animal or object

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

A word that sounds that same as it's spelled

A reference to another piece of literature, famous figure, etc.

The repetition of the same sound at the start of several consecutive words

Repeating a word or phrase several times

The pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"

What can help you understand a poem?

Knowing the poem's historical context

An appeal to one of the five senses

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Hyperbole
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
An exaggeration
A reference to another piece of literature, famous figure, etc.
2
Suzy sells sea shells...
Alliteration
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
3
Personification
A reference to another piece of literature, famous figure, etc.
Giving human qualities to a non human animal or object
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
An exaggeration
4
Simile
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
An exaggeration
None of these
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
5
Boom!
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
6
Onomatopoeia
Giving human qualities to a non human animal or object
A word that sounds that same as it's spelled
A reference to another piece of literature, famous figure, etc.
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
7
The smell of warm chocolate chip cookies filled the house.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Rhyme Scheme
Imagery
8
Studying for the test was like learning rocket science.
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
Rhyme Scheme
9
Allusion
An exaggeration
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
A reference to another piece of literature, famous figure, etc.
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
10
Dunkin' Donuts
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Personification
11
Alliteration
The repetition of the same sound at the start of several consecutive words
An appeal to one of the five senses
Giving human qualities to a non human animal or object
The pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
12
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
Simile
Imagery
Personification
13
I do not like Green Eggs and Ham/I do not like them Sam I Am
Personification
Metaphor
Rhyme Scheme
Hyperbole
14
Her voice was as beautiful as an angel's.
Rhyme Scheme
Metaphor
Simile
Allusion
15
Let's not open that Pandora's Box.
Metaphor
Simile
Rhyme Scheme
Allusion
16
Repetition
Giving human qualities to a non human animal or object
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
A word that sounds that same as it's spelled
Repeating a word or phrase several times
17
You have to like every famous piece of poetry
True
False
18
Thor thunders through the sky.
Rhyme Scheme
Imagery
Alliteration
Metaphor
19
Rhyme Scheme
An appeal to one of the five senses
The repetition of the same sound at the start of several consecutive words
Giving human qualities to a non human animal or object
The pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
20
Do not go gentle into that good night/Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme Scheme
Repetition
21
I cried a river during that movie.
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Hyperbole
Rhyme Scheme
22
Love is a dagger.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Hyperbole
23
Eek
Personification
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme Scheme
24
Poetry has to rhyme
False
True
25
Imagery only appeals to the sense of sight
True
False
26
The dog smiled happily after getting a treat.
Rhyme Scheme
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
27
Metaphor
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
None of these
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
An exaggeration
28
The students leave the school as fast as cheetahs.
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Rhyme Scheme
Hyperbole
29
Mrs. Morey's classroom was Antarctica.
Allusion
Rhyme Scheme
Metaphor
Personification
30
What can help you understand a poem?
Nothing. If we don't understand it, we never will.
Reading a dictionary front to back
A Ph.D. in poetry
Knowing the poem's historical context
31
High school is the wild west.
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Simile
32
Those athletes have the strength of Hercules.
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Simile
Allusion
33
Ribbit
Metaphor
Allusion
Simile
Onomatopoeia
34
The projector whined as it started up.
Allusion
Metaphor
Rhyme Scheme
Personification
35
They had a Romeo and Juliet love story.
Metaphor
Allusion
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
36
Do you know the muffin man? The muffin man? The muffin man.
Repetition
Metaphor
Rhyme Scheme
Simile
37
The cafeteria is like a jungle.
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
38
The bright sunlight cast long shadows behind the trees.
Alliteration
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
39
Their backpacks weighed a ton.
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Allusion
40
Imagery
Giving human qualities to a non human animal or object
The pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
The repetition of the same sound at the start of several consecutive words
An appeal to one of the five senses
41
The sun danced across the horizon.
Onomatopoeia
Personification
None of these
Metaphor

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