Poetic Technique Quiz (3A)

”I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o'er vales and hills.” What poetic technique is used in this sentence?

• A. Metaphor
• B. Imagery
• C. Personification
• D. Simile

Which of the following examples used personification?

• A. A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
• B. Ah, William, we're weary of weather," said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
• C. In the white countenance confession, The troubled sky reveals The grief it feels.
• D. All of the above!

”The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee” What poetic technique is used in this sentence?

• A. Repetition
• B. Personification
• C. Rhyme
• D. Alliteration

What is an example of hyperbole?

• A. I’m so hungry I could a horse.
• B. The sun sets in the west.
• C. She sings beautifully.
• D. The cat is sleeping on the windowsill.

What is an example of personification?

• A. The wind whispered through the trees.
• B. The moon shone brightly in the night sky.
• C. She enjoys reading books.
• D. The car drove down the road.

What poetic technique is seen in the last line of Dylan Thomas’s poem “Do not go gently into that good night?” (Reference: Last line - “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.)

• A. Irony
• B. Repetition
• C. Rhythm
• D. Onomatopoeia

Nature’s first green is gold. her hardest hue to hold. This is a/an...

• A. Idiom
• B. Rhyming couplet
• C. Hyperbole
• D. Oxymoron

Which poetic technique was used in the line, “That the wind came out of the cloud by night,”?

• A. Simile
• B. Personification
• C. Repetition
• D. Metaphor

What poetic technique is seen in “Like the ingredients of a witches' broth”?

• A. Imagery
• B. Hyperbole
• C. Simile
• D. Dissonance

What is the poetic device used in “ O my Love is like a red, red rose”

• A. Personification
• B. Rhyme
• C. Alliteration
• D. Simile