Junior Cycle English Quiz

Name the poetic technique: big bag bursting with school books

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Name the poetic technique: sizzling sausages sat on the stove

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Enjambment

• Juxtaposition

Name the poetic technique: Her face was as white as snow

• Enjambment

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Assonance

Name the poetic technique: Her voice is music to my ears

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Juxtaposition

Enjambment is:

• Contradiction in a poem

• Repetition of a vowel sound in a poem

• When a poem is just one long stanza with no breaks

• Run on lines

Juxtaposition is:

• Run on lines in a poem

• When a poem is just one long stanza

• Contradiction in a poem

• Lack of rhyme in a poem

What is a stanza?

• A break in the rhythm of a poem

• A verse in a poem

• A poem where we do not know the poet's name

• A style of poetry

Insert the correct word: Each of the drivers ___________ responsible for putting seatbelts on the passengers.

• Is

• Are

Which is the correct use of apostrophe?

• Siobhans dog was sitting on it's bed

• Siobhan's dog was sitting on it's bed

• Siobhan's dog was sitting on its bed

Which is the correct use of apostrophe?

• Its very cold outside, dont you agree?

• It's very cold outside, don't you agree?

• Its very cold outside, don't you agree?