WorksheetsPoetic Terms Gr 6
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A metaphor is
a)
a rhyme
b)
a contrast
c)
a comparison
d)
a synonym
2.
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is this form of figurative language:
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
humification
3.
Name the STRONGEST sensory image used here:
I bit the
oo-ie, goo-ie doughnut
and grape jelly squished
out
filling my mouth
with a sweet treat!
I bit the
oo-ie, goo-ie doughnut
and grape jelly squished
out
filling my mouth
with a sweet treat!
a)
see
b)
hear
c)
taste
d)
touch
4.
Name the correct rhyme scheme seen here:
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
a)
bcbcdd
b)
babacc
c)
ababcd
d)
ababcc
5.
The children walked up the stairs
as quietly as ants.
Choose THE BEST answer:
What type of figurative language is this?
as quietly as ants.
Choose THE BEST answer:
What type of figurative language is this?
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
imagery
d)
mouse-i-fi-ca-tion
6.
MOOD refers to the feeling of the
a)
writer
b)
reader
7.
Which of the following is NOT another word for TONE?
a)
attitude
b)
opinion
c)
feeling
8.
TONE is the attitude of the _____ .
a)
writer / speaker
b)
reader
9.
What is "white space"?
a)
a blank canvass waiting to be painted
b)
empty space left on the white board
c)
empty space left in a poem accidentally
d)
empty space left in a poem purposefully
10.
The party flew by in a millisecond.
This is an example of which of the following poetic devices?
This is an example of which of the following poetic devices?
a)
hyperbole
b)
imagery
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
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