Poetic Techniques Quiz

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The snow is a white blanket.

• She is as brave as a lion.

• He swims like a fish.

• The moon was a ghostly galleon.

What is the rhyme scheme of the following quatrain? "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."

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCB

• ABBA

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• The car complained as the key turned in its ignition.

• The cake was a delicious temptation.

• She is a shining star.

Identify the type of figurative language used here: "Time is a thief."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What does imagery primarily appeal to?

• Logic

• Emotion

• The senses

• Reasoning

Which of the following lines contains a metaphor?

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• The computer at the library was an old dinosaur.

• Her lovely voice was music to his ears.

• He felt like a fish out of water.

What is the rhyme scheme of this couplet? "Life is but a dream on the way to death, Calm as the seas, yet fleeting as the breath."

• AA

• AB

• BB

• No rhyme

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew.

• The sun shone on the sea.

• The cat climbed the curtain.

• She sells seashells by the seashore.

Identify the type of figurative language used here: "The classroom was a zoo."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Which of the following lines is an example of onomatopoeia?

• The bees buzzed by the daisies.

• The light laced through the leaves.

• The stars shone brightly in the night sky.

• The waves gently lapped against the shore.