Poetry General Knowledge Quiz

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
a) No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.
b) A simile is more descriptive.
c) A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn't.
d) A similie must use animales in the comparison.
3) Which represents an example of alliteration?
a) Language Arts
b) Peter Piper Picked Peppers
c) I like music.
d) A beautiful scenery with music
5) The theme is ...?
a) a plot.
b) an character
c) an address
d) the point a writer is trying to make about a subject.
7) Which is not a poetry form?
a) epic
b) tale
c) ballad
d) sonnet
9) Which is an exaggeration?
a) Alliteration
b) Haiku
c) Hyperbole
d) Prose
 
2) What is the word for a "play on words"?
a) pun
b) simile
c) haiku
d) metaphor
4) What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?
a) Personification
b) Hyperboles
c) Alliteration
d) Onomatopoeia
6) Concentrate on these elements when writing a good poem.
a) characters, main idea, and theme
b) purpose and audience
c) theme, purpose, form, and mood.
d) rhyme and reason
8) Which is an example of a proverb?
a) Get a "stake" in our business.
b) You can't have your cake and eat it, too
c) The snow was white as cotton.
d) You're driving me crazy.
10)Which of the following is not a poet?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Terry Saylor
c) Elizabeth B. Browning
d) Emily Dickinson