1) The central message or main idea of a poem. a) line b) poetry c) theme d) mood 2) The emotion that you feel when you (the reader) are reading. a) theme b) mood c) speaker d) poet 3) A group of words in a row that goes from left to right. a) stanza b) line c) speaker d) poet 4) A group of lines within a poem (a poetry paragraph). a) repetition b) line c) speaker d) stanza 5) It creates a picture in the reader’s mind. A vivid description that appeals to the five senses. a) imagery b) repetition c) rhyme d) line 6) To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem. a) rhythm b) stanza c) repetition d) line 7) Using words that have the same end sound (1hp - Where are they usually found?). a) rhyme b) repetition c) rhythm d) alliteration 8) The beat of the poem. a) rhyme b) rhythm c) stanza d) mood 9) Giving an inanimate object human actions or feelings (1hp for an example). a) metaphor b) personification c) hyperbole d) rhyme 10) Using words consecutively that start with the same sound (1hp for an example). a) metaphor b) onomatopoeia  c) simile d) alliteration 11) Words that describe a sound by actually sounding like it (1hp for an example). a) onomatopoeia b) rhyme c) rhythm d) personification 12) BONUS QUESTION 1: Which of these is an example of hyperbole? 1hp for naming the remaining poetic devices. a) angry ant attack b) she was a speeding bullet c) the boney-fingered branch reached out d) so hungry I could eat a horse e) with a whoosh and a crash f) medicine he bought, for the cold he caught

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