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Poetry & Figurative Language

Quiz by James Brodie

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27 questions
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  • Q1
    REPEAT the same sound at the BEGINNING LETTER of words or phrases that are close together
    simile
    hyperbole
    metaphor
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q2
    an EXAGGERATION that could NEVER be true
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    simile
    allusion
    30s
  • Q3
    a group of words that have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately.
    metaphor
    onomatopoeia
    idiom
    personification
    30s
  • Q4
    suggesting that two things are alike using the word "is"
    metaphor
    30s
  • Q5
    a word that sounds like the noise or action that it is describing
    onomatopoeia
    30s
  • Q6
    making a non-human thing behave like a human
    metaphor
    personification
    hyperbole
    simile
    30s
  • Q7
    using "LIKE" or "AS" to compare two things
    personification
    simile
    metaphor
    imagery
    30s
  • Q8
    words that help the reader create a mental PICTURE of the text
    metaphor
    simile
    hyperbole
    imagery
    30s
  • Q9
    a person who writes a poem
    personification
    poetry
    poet
    stanza
    30s
  • Q10
    a group of lines in a poem
    poem
    poet
    stanza
    paragraph
    30s
  • Q11
    a row of words in a poem
    poem
    paragraph
    stanza
    line
    30s
  • Q12
    Bill brought blueberries
    personification
    irony
    alliteration
    onomatopoeia
    30s
  • Q13
    He was stronger than 10,000 men.
    irony
    hyperbole
    allusion
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q14
    "Great view," Jimmy said with ______because the window looked directly out onto a crumbling concrete wall with piles of trash around.
    hyperbole
    onomatopoiea
    alliteration
    irony
    30s
  • Q15
    The snow is a white blanket.
    simile
    alliteration
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    30s

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