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What is true about poetry?
a) Poetry is always written in strict form.
b) Poets choose words for their meaning and sound.
c) Unlike prose, poetry is written in straightforward language.
d) Poets never read their poems aloud.

Which of the following is not a type of poem?
a) a haiku
b) a sonnet
c) a limerick
d) a news article

True or False: Poems must follow grammatical rules.
a) True
b) False
c) huh?
d) When's lunch?

Alliteration, rhyme and onomatopoeia are all examples of
a) prose
b) figurative language (sound devices)
c) figurative language (image devices)
d) meter

Which of the following does NOT use figurative language?
a) The fog comes on little cat feet.
b) Fog creeped in the harbor and city.
c) The frog sat like a bump on a log in the fog.
d) Fog fell over the lake like a ghostly waterfall.

Rhyming is when some words
a) have the same ending sound
b) sound exactly the same.
c) are spelled the same way.
d) have the same definition.

What type of figurative language is used in: Paulina put the pretty pink petunias into pots.
a) Personification
b) Idiom
c) hyperbole
d) alliteration

Which poetic device is used in the following line? The water plopped into the lake in big droplets.
a) personification
b) onomatopeia
c) alliteration
d) simile

Which poetic device is used in the following line? The river swallowed the town whole.
a) alliteration
b) hyperbole
c) metaphor
d) personification

What type of figurative language is this: The light bulb shinned as brightly as the sun.
a) metaphor
b) similie
c) idiom
d) comparison

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