Poetry Test - Identifying Examples

The snowflakes sparkled like millions of tiny diamonds.

The above sentence is an example of...

• metaphor

• repetition

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Why I nodded nearly napping, there suddenly came a tapping.

The above sentence is an example of...

• repetition

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

You could have knocked me over with feather.

The above sentence is an example of ...

• repetition

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

The books fell on the table with a loud thump.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• repitition

• simile

The stars winked in the night sky.

The above sentence is an example of...

• hyperbole

• simile

• repetition

• personification

Which of the following does NOT use figurative language?

• "The fog comes on little cat feet."

• "Fog appeared in the harbor and city."

• "The frog sat like a bump on a log in the fog."

• "Fog fell over the lake like a ghostly waterfall."

What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem excerpt?

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

• ABBA

• ABAB

• AAAB

• AABA

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

Paulina put the pretty pink petunias into pots.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The river swallowed the town whole.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

That fat cat weighs a thousand pounds! This is an example of ...... 

• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor
• simile