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POETRY PRE-TEST

Question 1: When several words begin with the same sound it is called?

hyperbole

onomatopoeia

theme

alliteration

Question 2: What is it called when you give human qualities to a non-human object?

symbolism

figurative language

imagery

personification

Question 3: The use of a comparison or an exaggeration to make a point is called?

rhyme scheme

metaphor

hyperbole

figurative language

Question 4: A direct comparison of two very different things linking them with the words "like" or "as" is a?

theme

simile

imagery

personification

Question 5: A figure of speech or an exaggeration is also a?

hyperbole

simile

alliteration

personification

Question 6: The use of symbols is called?

symbolism

onomatopoeia

imagery

hyperbole

Question 7: When you use image words to make you imagine something is?

imagery

alliteration

personification
Question 8: When the first line is designated as "A" and the sound at the end of the second line is designated as "B" that is a?

symbolism

imagery

rhyme scheme

hyperbole

Question 9: A direct comparison of two very different things is a/an?

imagery

personification

theme

metaphor

Question 10: What is the main idea of a piece of writing?

figurative language

alliteration

metaphor

theme

Question 11: A word whose sound seems to express or reinforce its meaning words that imitate a sound is?

hyperbole

onomatopoeia

theme

imagery

12. Which of the following is an example of metaphor?

Talking turtles torture teachers

I am a cloud

The dog smiles at me

Meow, woof, tweet went the animals

13. Which of the following is an example of repetition?

Boom! Bang! Bong! went the instruments

Walking worms wiggle their way out of trouble

Under the sea, under the fish, under the clam there is a pearl

Sweet loves sour

14. Which of the following are examples of personification?

The dog was as sad as the color blue

The moon swims through my window

Meow, woof, tweet go the animals

 A table is a song

15. Which of the following is an example of repetition?

The dog smiles at the cat

Toward the lake, toward the wood

Jumping jelly jokes

The sun is as sad as the grass in the morning

16. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

The TV laughed at the desk

Calculating computers catch cats

Pictures are captured people

Crash, bang, boom goes the lion

17. Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

The truck winked at me

The cat was as mad as a tree

Lazy lizards lounge

Whisper, slap, smack I hear in the lunch room

18. Which of the following is an example of simile?

Hiss, slurp, hush, scream--MOM!

Hopping hens shop for shoes

My hand is as cold as snow

The shirt said, "Wear Me!"

19. Which of the following is an example of metaphor?

The glasses smiled at me

Cute cats chase toys

Snow is like the sun

My life is a dream

20. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

My hair is a vast forest

I sat by the river. I lived by the sea. I died by the lake.

Pants are like legs

Dogs dodge digging dandelions