Question 1

Which poetic device is used when the words in a poem create a picture in the reader's mind?

Accepted Answer

Imagery

Answer

Rhyme

Answer

Metaphor

Answer

Alliteration

Question 2

Which poetic device is used when words are repeated at the beginning of nearby phrases or sentences?

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Answer

Hyperbole

Answer

Onomatopoeia

Answer

Simile

Question 3

Which poetic device is used to compare two things without using 'like' or 'as'?

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Answer

Idiom

Answer

Hyperbole

Answer

Personification

Question 4

Which poetic device is used to give human characteristics to animals, objects, or ideas?

Accepted Answer

Personification

Answer

Irony

Answer

Assonance

Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 5

Which poetic device is used to create a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

Accepted Answer

Simile

Answer

Alliteration

Answer

Hyperbole

Answer

Metaphor

Question 6

Which poetic device is used to exaggerate or overstate something for emphasis?

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Answer

Personification

Answer

Imagery

Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 7

Which poetic device is used to create a sound effect that imitates the natural sound being described?

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Answer

Alliteration

Answer

Metaphor

Answer

Rhyme

Question 8

Which poetic device is used to create a pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem?

Accepted Answer

Rhyme

Answer

Alliteration

Answer

Simile

Answer

Metaphor

Question 9

Which Shakespearean play is about a pair of star-crossed lovers from feuding families?

Accepted Answer

Romeo and Juliet

Answer

Hamlet

Answer

Othello

Answer

Macbeth

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