Identifying Literary Devices Quiz

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

Name the rhyming words that end each line.

• Innisfree/honey-bee

• made/glade

• Innisfree/there

• made/alone

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

Use letters to identify the stanza’s rhyme scheme.

• abab

• aabb

• baab

• abca

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

Which words in line 2 are an example of assonance?

• clay/made

• have/hive

• live/loud

• cabin/clay

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

Identify an example of consonance in line 3.

• have/hive

• hive/honey-bee

• nine/hive

• bean/honey

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

In line 4, what consonant sound produces alliteration?

• live/loud

• and/in

• live/glade

• bee/glade

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;

There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,

And evening full of the linnet’s wings.

Use letters to identify the rhyme scheme of the stanza.

• abab

• aabb

• abcab

• abba

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;

There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,

And evening full of the linnet’s wings.

Which pair of words in line 3 is an example of assonance?

• midnight / glimmer

• all / and

• purple / glow

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;

There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,

And evening full of the linnet’s wings.

Which sound device is used with the /g/ sound in line 3?

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• rhyme

I will arise and go now, for always night and day

I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;

While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,

I hear it in the deep heart’s core.

Use letters to identify the rhyme scheme of the stanza.

• abab

• aabb

• abaa

• abba

I will arise and go now, for always night and day

I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;

While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,

I hear it in the deep heart’s core.

Which words in line 2 create alliteration?

• lake/lapping/low

• day/grey

• arise/night

• core/shore