Poetic Devices 6th Grade Quiz

Which is an example of a SIMILE?

• the bright sun

• spinning out of control

• As slow as a turtle

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise.

The last 3 lines are an example of

• alliteration

• repetition

• humor

A METAPHOR is a direct comparison, without using "like" or "as." Which of the following is an example of a METAPHOR?

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

• He ran top speed, a blur zooming by.

• To be or not to be, that is the question.

Identify which poetic device is used below:

The car flew down the road like a rocket.

• Refrain

• Simile

• Assonance

Identify which poetic device is used below:

The wonderful wind whistles...

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Simile

"Pretty women wonder where my secret lies."

This line contains an example of

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

"The span of my hips,

The stride of my step,

The curl of my lips."

These lines contain an example of:

• metaphor

• alliteration

• rhyme

"Purple as tulips in May, mauve

into lush velvet, purple

as the stain blackberries leave

on the lips, on the hands,

the purple of ripe grapes

sunlit and warm as flesh."

This poem uses the following poetic device:

• alliteration

• imagery

• onomatopoeia