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Poetic techniques

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Which of the following is a Simile?

A Do you like English?

B He was as hungry as a horse.

C She felt like reading a book.

D Seems like just yesterday

The repetition of the same beginning consonant sound is known as:

A Onomatopoeia

B Simile

C Assonance

D Alliteration

An overstatement or exageration meant to place emphasis is called:

A Personification

B Metaphor

C Hyperbole

D Oxymoron

A comparison between two things using like or as is known as: 

A Personification

B Simile

C Metaphor

D Rhythm

"The trees laughed at the wind." is an example of:

A Personification

B Simile

C Metaphor

D Oxymoron

The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle or end of a word is called:

A Simile

B Alliteration

C Assonance

D Metaphor

In "The fire crackled and popped in the night" crackled and popped are examples of:

A Oxymoron

B Rhythm

C Onomatopoeia

D Rhyme

Poems are often structured in:

A Phrases

B Stanzas

C Stories

D Paragraphs

"The sun is a sparkling diamond" is an example of:

A Hyperbole

B Oxymoron

C Simile

D Metaphor

"In the dark morning, the man laughed sadly" is an example of:

A Personification

B Onomatopoeia

C Oxymoron

D Simile

Denotation means:

A A word that has no meaning

B A second meaning of a word

C A word that stands for something else

D The dictionary definition of a word

When a poem's lines end with the same sound, this is called:

A Alliteration

B Poem

C Rhythm

D Rhyme

When an indirect comparison is evident throughout a poem, we call this:

A Personification

B Extended Metaphor

C Simile

D Metaphor

A word that sounds like the noise it describes is called:

A Onomatopoeia

B Allusion

C Rhyme

D Alliteration

A reference that is made indirectly, subtly suggested, or implied to somebody or something using only a word or two is called:

A Alliteration

B Rhyme

C Allusion

D Assonance

Which is an example of Alliteration?

A My hair is a vast forest.

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

C Pants are like legs.

D Dogs dodge digging dandelions.

Which of the following is an example of Metaphor:

A The glasses smiled at me.

B Cute cats chase toys.

C Snow is like the sun.

D My life is a dream.

As well as rhyme, what is the following an example of: 
"...The tree
Budding yearly must forget
How its past arose or set."?

A Simile

B Personification

C Onomatopoeia

D Alliteration

Sing sin, and thin bin are examples of:

A Alliteration

B Onomatopoeia

C Assonance

D Metaphor

Midnight's all a glimmer and noon a purple glow are examples of:

A Imagery

B Personification

C Metaphor

D Alliteration