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Poetry Techniques
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Subject
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writing-skills
Instructions:
Answer 28 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. When the opposite happens to What is expected
irony
theme
style
theme
2. The comparison of one thing to another using the word 'like' or 'as'
stanza / verse
simile
rhyme
alliteration
3. A play on words that have similar sounds but quite different meanings
pun
simile
alliteration
theme
4. Stating that one thing is another to make a comparison
simile
theme
metaphor
pun
5. The use of words to create a picture or 'image' in the mind of the reader
pun
stanza / verse
irony
imagery
6. The comparison of one thing to another using the word 'like' or 'as'
alliteration
pun
simile
rhythm
7. The 'movement' of the poem as created through the number of syllables and the way that language is stressed within the poem
alliteration
personification
rhythm
irony
8. Stating that one thing is another to make a comparison
rhyme
imagery
metaphor
symbolism
9. The use of words that sound like their meaning
pun
theme
rhyme
onomatopoeia
10. The blocks of lines into which a poem is divided
onomatopoeia
stanza / verse
rhythm
metaphor
11. The use of words to create a picture or 'image' in the mind of the reader
theme
style
imagery
symbolism
12. Giving human qualities to something that is not human
imagery
personification
imagery
theme
13. When the opposite happens to What is expected
theme
imagery
metaphor
irony
14. The blocks of lines into which a poem is divided
theme
stanza / verse
rhyme
personification
15. The use of words that sound like their meaning
rhythm
onomatopoeia
metaphor
personification
16. The individual way in which the writer has used language to express his or her ideas
rhyme
rhythm
style
simile
17. The 'movement' of the poem as created through the number of syllables and the way that language is stressed within the poem
rhythm
onomatopoeia
simile
pun
18. The repetition of the same sound
onomatopoeia
alliteration
rhyme
stanza / verse
19. The individual way in which the writer has used language to express his or her ideas
style
simile
rhythm
personification
20. When words end in a similar sounding way
rhyme
imagery
onomatopoeia
symbolism
21. The central idea that a writer explores through a text
imagery
style
rhyme
theme
22. The central idea that a writer explores through a text
imagery
onomatopoeia
imagery
theme
23. A play on words that have similar sounds but quite different meanings
simile
alliteration
irony
pun
24. Giving human qualities to something that is not human
simile
onomatopoeia
metaphor
personification
25. The repetition of the same sound
alliteration
rhythm
metaphor
personification
26. One thing represents something else - for example red rose represents love
pun
metaphor
rhythm
symbolism
27. One thing represents something else - for example red rose represents love
symbolism
metaphor
onomatopoeia
imagery
28. When words end in a similar sounding way
personification
style
rhyme
imagery