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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. Stating that one thing is another to make a comparison
metaphor
rhyme
imagery
personification
2. When the opposite happens to What is expected
irony
theme
alliteration
imagery
3. The use of words that sound like their meaning
alliteration
personification
onomatopoeia
style
4. A play on words that have similar sounds but quite different meanings
metaphor
pun
symbolism
rhyme
5. One thing represents something else - for example red rose represents love
onomatopoeia
personification
rhyme
symbolism
6. The blocks of lines into which a poem is divided
personification
onomatopoeia
rhythm
stanza / verse
7. The 'movement' of the poem as created through the number of syllables and the way that language is stressed within the poem
personification
rhythm
rhyme
onomatopoeia
8. The use of words that sound like their meaning
metaphor
imagery
stanza / verse
onomatopoeia
9. The central idea that a writer explores through a text
theme
onomatopoeia
metaphor
metaphor
10. The repetition of the same sound
style
simile
alliteration
rhythm
11. Giving human qualities to something that is not human
stanza / verse
personification
symbolism
onomatopoeia
12. The blocks of lines into which a poem is divided
stanza / verse
symbolism
simile
personification
13. The individual way in which the writer has used language to express his or her ideas
style
theme
irony
simile
14. Stating that one thing is another to make a comparison
imagery
simile
simile
metaphor
15. The individual way in which the writer has used language to express his or her ideas
irony
symbolism
style
rhyme
16. The use of words to create a picture or 'image' in the mind of the reader
style
theme
imagery
rhythm
17. The repetition of the same sound
simile
onomatopoeia
imagery
alliteration
18. A play on words that have similar sounds but quite different meanings
irony
pun
personification
theme
19. When words end in a similar sounding way
style
onomatopoeia
irony
rhyme
20. The use of words to create a picture or 'image' in the mind of the reader
imagery
metaphor
rhythm
theme
21. Giving human qualities to something that is not human
imagery
personification
alliteration
simile
22. The comparison of one thing to another using the word 'like' or 'as'
simile
alliteration
imagery
personification
23. The comparison of one thing to another using the word 'like' or 'as'
metaphor
rhyme
onomatopoeia
simile
24. One thing represents something else - for example red rose represents love
stanza / verse
irony
symbolism
irony
25. When words end in a similar sounding way
stanza / verse
rhyme
stanza / verse
theme
26. The 'movement' of the poem as created through the number of syllables and the way that language is stressed within the poem
irony
onomatopoeia
rhythm
symbolism
27. The central idea that a writer explores through a text
metaphor
irony
style
theme
28. When the opposite happens to What is expected
irony
rhythm
style
simile