Casey at the Bat Quiz

1. What is the rhyme scheme in each stanza?

• a. ABAB
• b. ABBA
• c. ABCB
• d. AABB

2. Line 34: Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore; This line contains which type of figurative language?

• a. hyperbole
• b. onomatopoeia
• c. metaphor
• d. simile

3. Read line 34 again in the previous question. What sound device is used in all of these words? beating, storm, stern, distant

• a. alliteration
• b. onomatopoeia
• c. consonance
• d. assonance

4. From line 18, the words rumble and rattle contain which of the following? Choose 2 answers.

• a. alliteration
• b. onomatopoeia
• c. end rhyme
• d. complete rhyme

5. Lines 15 and 16 end with the words occurred and third. These two words make which type of rhyme?

• a. complete rhyme
• b. partial rhyme

6. Lines 37 and 38 end with the words shone and on. These two words make which type of rhyme?

• a. complete rhyme
• b. partial rhyme

7. Line 46: “He POUNDS with cruel vengeance his bat UPON the PLATE; All of the words written in all CAPS include which device?

• a. assonance
• b. consonance
• c. allteration
• d. onomatopoeia

8. Line 36: “And it’s likely they’d HAVE killed HIM HAD not Casey raised HIS HAND.” All of the words written in all CAPS include which sound device?

• a. assonance
• b. consonance
• c. alliteration
• d. onomatopoeia

9. Line 16: “There was Blakey safe at second, and Flynn a-huggin’ third.” Which words in this line contain assonance?

• a. safe, second
• b. second, and, Flynn, a-huggin'
• c. Blakey, safe
• d. was, safe, second

10. Line 9: But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake, Assonance can be found in these three words: preceded, Casey, and ________.

• a. Flynn
• b. did
• c. Jimmy
• d. Blake