Laburnum Top-Poetic Devices

1. 1. Identify the poetic device is used in the phrase "September sunlight"?

• a) Metaphor

• b) Alliteration

• c) Simile

• d) Personification

1. 2. Which poetic device is employed in the line "then sleek as a lizard"?

• a) Alliteration

• b) Simile

• c) Metaphor

• d) Personification

1. 3.In the line "the whole tree trembles", what poetic device is used?

• a) alliteration

• b) Simile

• c) Metaphor

• d) Personification

1. 4. What type of poetic device is evident in "a machine starts up of chitterings"?

• a) Alliteration

• b) Metaphor

• c) Simile

• d) Personification

1. 5. Which phrase contains a transferred epithet?

• a) September sunlight

• b) Her barred face identity mask

• c) the whole tree trembles and thrills

• d) then sleek as a lizard

1. 6. What type of poetic device is illustrated in "Her barred face identity mask"?

• a) Alliteration

• b) Simile

• c) Metaphor

• d) Personification

7. 7. What type of poetic device is exemplified in the phrase "of chitterings, and of tremor of wings, and trillings"?

• a) Alliteration

• b) Onomatopoeia

• c) Simile

• d) Personification