Poetic Techniques and The Choosy Princess Quiz

What is the definition of these poetic techniques?

• the person telling the story of the poem

• personification

• rhyme in the middle and end of a line

• internal rhyme

• giving objects human qualities

• metaphor

• a direct comparison of two things

• similie

• comparison of two objects (like / as)

• narrator

What contributes to the sing-song quality in a poem?

• Rhyming couplets

• Repetition

• Rhythm

• All of the above

What is the poetic technique used in this line? 'I hear the rain pattering like little dancing feet.'

How many syllables in this line?

'And shiny black-​backed bugs' ​ (a)  

• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 5
• 4

What poetic technique is this an example of?

'Gnats and bats and spiders'

This line is an example of...

'And buzzing bumblebees'

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?

Time's a bird, which leaves its footprints

At the corners of your eyes,

Time's a jockey, racing horses,

The sun and moon across the skies.

Time's a thief, stealing your beauty,

Leaving you with tears and sighs,

But you waste time trying to catch him,

Time's a bird and Time just flies.

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What is the tone in this stanza from 'Cinderella' by Roald Dahl?

"Off with her head!" the Prince roared back.

They chopped it off with one big whack.

In the kitchen peeling spuds,

Cinderella heard the thuds

Of bouncing heads upon the floor,

And poked her own head round the door.

• serious

• hopeful

• light-hearted

• regretful

What rhyming pattern is this?

'The snow fell softly all the night,

It made the blanket soft and white.'

Match the different types of narration.

• the narrator is outside the poem

• second-person narration

• narrator speaks directly to the reader

• first-person narration

• the narrator is inside the poem

• third-person narration