Poetry Terms Practice: Sound Devices

Damian eventually figured out those weird squeaks and pops were coming from the old radiator pipes.

What sound device is used in this sentence?

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Sibilance

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

What sound device is used in this sentence?

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• All of the above

What is the rhyme scheme?

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Couldn't put Humpty together again

• ABCC

• AB

• AABB

• ABAB

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Tiffany unfurled the frayed, moth-eaten cloth she'd gotten from the flea market.

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Sibilance

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the rhyme scheme?

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.

• ABCB

• AABB

• ABCC

• ABCD

Which line has internal rhyme?

The trees whispered secrets in the gentle breeze.

The evening sky filled with the colors of dusk.

The sun spun down, a golden crown in twilight's glow.
A lone bird drifted silently into the coming night's embrace.

• Line 1

• Line 2

• Line 3

• Line 4

Which word rhymes with "tame"?

• time

• braid

• mate

• claim

What do sound devices do in a poem?

• They contribute to the poem's rhythm and mood.

• They establish the poem's characters and setting.

• They indicate stanza breaks.

• They provide important background information.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Both assonance and consonance are sound devices that involve . . .

• repetition

• long vowel sounds

• musical instruments

• inference

In the meadow where ____________,
A gentle breeze whispers low,
The sun dips down, painting the sky
And stars begin glow.

Fill in the blank to create an ABAB rhyme scheme.

• swallowtails fly

• bluebells grow

• foxes play

• thistles smile