Poetic Devices

1. A stanza is __________________ .

• a group of paragraphs

• a group of sentences

• a group of lines

• a group of poems

2. A _________ is someone who writes a poem.

• writer

• poet

• storyteller

• journalist

3. "She looks like a princess today!" That's an example of ________________ .

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• rhyme

4. "I saw a little hermit crab,

His coloring was oh so drab"

This is an example of:

• alliteration

• rhyme

• simile

• personification

5. Betty Botter bought some butter,

But," she said, "the butter's bitter.

• simile

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

6. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is an example of:

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• stanza

7. "My dog shouted at me angrily!"

This is an example of:

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

8. Paraphrasing a poem means:

• summarizing the poem

• explaining the poem

• re-writing the poem

• all of them