Grade 6 Quiz on Poetic Devices

Identify the poetic device in the following line: 'The sun is like a golden ball in the sky.'

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

What poetic device is used in the line: 'The world is a stage'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

In the line 'The trees danced in the wind', which poetic device is being used?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

What type of poetic device is used in the line: 'The stars winked at me from the dark sky'?

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Identify the poetic device in the line: 'Sally sells seashells by the seashore.'

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

What type of poetic device is used in the line: 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• irony

In the line 'The flowers whispered secrets to each other', which poetic device is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

What poetic device is used in the line: 'The wind howled through the night'?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

Identify the poetic device in the line: 'The thunder roared like a lion.'

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

What type of poetic device is used in the line: 'The river sang a sweet melody as it flowed'?

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration