Poetry Terms

5 Written Questions

1. the attitude of the writer to his subject, character, and reader.
2. when you substitute something that closely resembles what you really mean
3. repetition of final consonant sounds after different vowel sounds
4. a comparison of two unlike things to show their similarity
5. giving human like qualities to nonliving things

5 Matching Questions

1. Understatement
2. Simile
3. Free verse
4. Irony
5. Epic

1. a poetry has no rhyme and no meter
2. b a long poem, typically derived from oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventure of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation
3. c comparison of two unlike things using like or as
4. d when using words to convey a meaning that is opposite its actual meaning
5. e a device used to understate the obvious

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the repetition of vowel sounds followed different consonant sound
   1. Assonance
   2. Tone
   3. Consonance
   4. Sonnet
2. combination of contradictory terms
   1. Irony
   2. Oxymoron
   3. Symbol
   4. Allusion
3. voice of the work
   1. Imagery
   2. Speaker
   3. Sonnet
   4. Simile
4. repeating of the initial consonants
   1. Inversion
   2. Metaphor
   3. Repetition
   4. Allusion
5. a speaker directly addresses someone who is absent, dead, or non-living.
   1. Synecdoche
   2. Tone
   3. Apostrophe
   4. Assonance

5 True/False Questions

1. Synecdoche → an exaggerated statement, not to be taking literally

   True        False

2. Ode → a lyric poem that is addressed to someone

   True        False

3. Metaphor → a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

   True        False

4. Sonnet → the attitude of the writer to his subject, character, and reader.

   True        False

5. Hyperbole → using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning

   True        False