GRADE 11 ENGLISH POETRY UNIT TEST WITH SOLUTIONS #11
Alliteration - correct answer The repetition of sounds in nearby words, usually involving
the first consonant sounds of the words.
Allusion - correct answer A reference to a famous literary, mythological, biblical, or
historical figure or event.
Assonance - correct answer takes place when two or more words close to one another
repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.
Cliché - correct answer is an expression that has been used so often that it has become
trite and sometimes boring.
Consonance - correct answer Refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants
within a sentence or phrase.
Hyperbole - correct answer Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken
literally.
Imagery - correct answer The collection or pattern of images within a poem. An image
always appeals to one or more of the senses.
Metaphor - correct answer A form of figurative language which makes a comparison by
stating that two items are the same-that one is the other.
Mood - correct answer The atmosphere or feeling created by a literary work, partly by a
description of the objects or by style of the descriptions.
Onomatopoeia - correct answer A word whose sounds seem to duplicate the sounds
they describe.
Personification - correct answer A figure of speech in which a non-human thing is given
attributes.
Repetition - correct answer The action of repeating something that's has already been
said or written.
Rhyme - correct answer Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of
words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
Rhyming couplet - correct answer Two line of the same length that rhyme and complete
one thought.
Simile - correct answer A figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are compared
directly through the use of words such as like, as, or than, or by a verb such resembles.
Alliteration - correct answer The repetition of sounds in nearby words, usually involving
the first consonant sounds of the words.
Allusion - correct answer A reference to a famous literary, mythological, biblical, or
historical figure or event.
Assonance - correct answer takes place when two or more words close to one another
repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.
Cliché - correct answer is an expression that has been used so often that it has become
trite and sometimes boring.
Consonance - correct answer Refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants
within a sentence or phrase.
Hyperbole - correct answer Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken
literally.
Imagery - correct answer The collection or pattern of images within a poem. An image
always appeals to one or more of the senses.
Metaphor - correct answer A form of figurative language which makes a comparison by
stating that two items are the same-that one is the other.
Mood - correct answer The atmosphere or feeling created by a literary work, partly by a
description of the objects or by style of the descriptions.
Onomatopoeia - correct answer A word whose sounds seem to duplicate the sounds
they describe.
Personification - correct answer A figure of speech in which a non-human thing is given
attributes.
Repetition - correct answer The action of repeating something that's has already been
said or written.
Rhyme - correct answer Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of
words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
Rhyming couplet - correct answer Two line of the same length that rhyme and complete
one thought.
Simile - correct answer A figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are compared
directly through the use of words such as like, as, or than, or by a verb such resembles.
