Question

poetic devices pre-assessment
directions: try your best to answer these questions. dont guess. if you dont know an answer, just leave it blank...seriously.
matching: match each poetry term with its definition.
_____ personification
_____ simile
_____ hyperbole
_____ onomatopoeia
_____ alliteration
_____ repetition
_____ stanza
_____ free verse
_____ metaphor
a. a direct comparison not using like, as, or than
b. an overstatement or exaggeration used for effect
c. the repetition of initial consonant sounds
d. a formal division of lines in a poem, considered a unit (like a paragraph)
e. giving a nonhuman subject (object, animal, something in nature, a feeling, etc.) human characteristics
f. use of words that imitate the sound of the thing the word represents
g. use of any element of language (sound, word, phrase, sentence, etc.) more than once
h. poetry not written with a regular rhyme scheme or a regular meter
i. a comparison using like or as.

Explanation:

• Personification: It is the act of giving non - human things human characteristics. So it matches with option e.
• Simile: A simile is a comparison that uses "like" or "as". So it matches with option i.
• Hyperbole: Hyperbole is an over - statement or exaggeration for effect. So it matches with option b.
• Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate the sound of what they represent. So it matches with option f.
• Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds. So it matches with option c.
• Repetition: Using any language element more than once. So it matches with option g.
• Stanza: A formal division of lines in a poem (like a paragraph). So it matches with option d.
• Free Verse: Poetry without a regular rhyme scheme or meter. So it matches with option h.
• Metaphor: A direct comparison not using "like", "as", or "than". So it matches with option a.

Answer:

Personification - e, Simile - i, Hyperbole - b, Onomatopoeia - f, Alliteration - c, Repetition - g, Stanza - d, Free Verse - h, Metaphor - a