Poetic Devices Practice Quiz

What is one purpose of poetic devices?

• To create confusion

• To enhance meaning

• To make poems longer

• To remove emotions

What is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Rhyme scheme

What is the repetition of vowel sounds?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Refrain

What is the repetition of consonant sounds that can appear anywhere in a word?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Meter

What is the rhyming of words at the end of two or more lines of poetry?

• Internal rhyme

• End rhyme

• Rhyme scheme

• Meter

What is a pattern of rhyming lines in a poem?

• Rhyme scheme

• Meter

• Repetition

• Quatrain

What is the rhyming of words within a single line of poetry?

• End rhyme

• Internal rhyme

• Repetition

• Meter

What is a pattern of beats created by syllables in a poem?

• Meter

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Refrain

What is the repetition of a word or phrase to add rhythm or emphasize an idea?

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

• Personification

• Symbolism

What is the use of words that appeal to the five senses?

• Refrain

• Imagery

• Symbolism

• Metaphor