Grade 6
Hoops Poetry Terms Analyzing poems Analyzing poems Q 1 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 5 pt. Q 1 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 5 pt. Buzzer Shot
Hoops Poetry Terms Q 1 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 5 pt. Q 1 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 5 pt. Buzzer Shot Poetry Terms Analyzing poems Analyzing poems
1 pt. Question Gives human characteristics to a nonhuman subject a.Simile b.Personification c.Imagery d.Alliteration
1pt. Answer Personification
2 pt. Question The repetition of initial sounds is called: a.Simile b.Onomatopoeia c.Imagery d.Alliteration
2 pt. Answer Alliteration
3 pt. Question Verse that focuses on the speaker’s thoughts and feelings: a.Imagery b.Metaphor c.Tone d.Lyric poetry
3 pt. Answer Lyric poetry
4 pt. Question The use of sound words to imitate sounds: a. Simile b. Onomatopoeia c.Imagery d.Alliteration
4 pt. Answer Onomatopoeia
5 pt. Question An obvious exaggeration is called: a.Imagery b.Metaphor c.Tone d.Hyperbole
5 pt. Answer Hyperbole
1 pt. Question Compares one person or item to another without using like or as: a.Imagery b. Metaphor c. Tone d. Simile
1 pt. Answer Metaphor
2 pt. Question A group of lines of poetry that is usually similar in length: a.Verse b.Stanza c.Rhyme d.Rhythm
2 pt. Answer Stanza
3 pt. Question Writer’s attitude toward the subject: a.Hyperbole b.Imagery c.Tone d.alliteration
3 pt. Answer Tone
4 pt. Question A line of poetry is called a.Stanza b.Verse c.Rhythm d.rhyme
4 pt. Answer verse
5 pt. Question Uses like or as to compare to unlike items: a.Imagery b.Metaphor c. Tone d. Simile
5 pt. Answer simile
1 pt. Question Use of word pictures to appeal to your senses: a.Imagery b.Metaphor c. Tone d. Simile
1 pt. Answer imagery
2 pt. Question Repetition of the sounds at the ends words: a.Imagery b.Rhythm c. Tone d. Rhyme
2 pt. Answer Rhyme
3 pt. Question The pattern of beats in poetry is called: a.Imagery b.Rhythm c. Tone d. Rhyme
3 pt. Answer Rhythm
4 pt. Question The imaginary voice you hear when you read a poem is called the: a.Tone b.Image c.Speaker d.Poet
4 pt. Answer speaker
5 pt. Question “My father was the first to hear The passage of geese each fall. Passing above the house so near He’d hear within his heart their call. What is the rhyme scheme in the stanza above?
5 pt. Answer A B A B
1 pt. Question “Let the rain kiss you” is an example of: a.Alliteration b.Personification c.Repetition d.Metaphor
1 pt. Answer Personification
2 pt. Question “Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” This illustrates an example of: a.Alliteration b.Repetition c.A metaphor d.Onomatopoeia
2 pt. Answer Repetition
3 pt. Question “The oak trees arms waved in the wind.” This illustrates an example of: a.Alliteration b.Personification c.Repetition d.Metaphor
3 pt. Answer Personification
4 pt. Question “The willow is like an etching.” This illustrates an example of a: a.Metaphor b.Hyperbole c.Simile
4 pt. Answer simile
5 pt. Question “Fame is a bee. It has a song-” This illustrates an example of a: a.Metaphor b.Hyperbole c.Simile
5 pt. Answer metaphor
1 pt. Question “Plop, plop, Fizz, fizz, Oh, what a relief it is.” This illustrates an example of: a.Alliteration b.Personification c.Repetition d.Onomatopoeia
1 pt. Answer Onomatopoeia
2 pt. Question “This is the day the circus comes With blare of brass, with beating drums.” In these lines there are two examples of ___________
2 pt. Answer Alliteration Circus comes Blare brass beating
3 pt. Question “He was as hungry as a horse.” This is an example of a _________
3 pt. Answer Hyperbole
4 pt. Question What is the rhyme scheme of the follow poem? “I stood beside a hill Smooth with a new-laid snow. A single star looked out From the cold evening glow.”
4 pt. Answer A B C B
5 pt. Question “It SHUSHES. It hushes The loudness in the road. It flitter-twitters.” What literary device is illustrated in this poem?
5 pt. Answer Onomatopoeia- shushes, hushes, flitter-twitters are all sound words
Buzzer Shot “The wind sculpted the stone. The stone is a cup of water.” These verses show which of the two literary devices: a.Simile b.Metaphor c.Personification d.Onomatopoeia
Buzzer Shot Answer Metaphor and Personification