WorksheetsPoetry & Literary Devices 2016
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Two lines of a verse that rhyme are known as...
a)
Couplet
b)
Rhythm
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
2.
The attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals, especially in art or literature is known as....
a)
Personification
b)
Alliteration
c)
Dissonance
d)
Pathetic Fallacy
3.
An allusion is....
a)
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
b)
Giving human like characteristics or traits to non-human things
c)
A reference to a popular/important thing
d)
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the
lines of a poem or a verse.
4.
An exaggeration in poetry/literature is known as a....
a)
Exaggeration!
b)
Assonance
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Enjambment
5.
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end or a line, couplet, or stanza...
a)
Apostrophe
b)
Enjambment
c)
Stanza
d)
Rhyme Scheme
6.
A Haiku has a total of _____ lines.
a)
3
b)
5
c)
17
d)
7
7.
Soft, smooth, snow falls silently from the sky is an example of which literary device?
a)
Personification
b)
Caesura
c)
Alliteration
d)
Iambic Pentameter
8.
A pause or break in poetry to create rhythm.
a)
Diction
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Iambic Pentameter
d)
Caesura
9.
Repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning
a)
Anaphora
b)
Alliteration
c)
Iambic Pentameter
d)
Simile
10.
Comparing things using like or as
a)
Personification
b)
Simile
c)
Diction
d)
Metaphor
11.
Y'all is an example of...
a)
Iambic Pentameter
b)
Rhyme Scheme
c)
Diction
d)
Metaphor
12.
The attribution of personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
a)
Pathetic Fallacy
b)
Alliteration
c)
Couplet
d)
Personification
13.
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
a)
Couplet
b)
Stanza
c)
Apostrophe
d)
Metaphor
14.
In a line of poetry, an iambic pentameter is a beat consisting of a short syllable followed by a long syllable
a)
Diction
b)
Caesura
c)
Allusion
d)
Iambic Pentameter
15.
BUZZ is an example of...
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Alliteration
c)
Simile
d)
Caesura
16.
A reference to an important/popular thing.
a)
Allusion
b)
Caesura
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
17.
Occurs when a reader or an audience knows things a character does not and, consequently, hears things differently
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Ironic
d)
Irony
18.
Connotation
a)
Your own definition based on your experiences.
b)
The dictionary definition.
c)
A made up definition.
d)
The definition from Webster.com
19.
Identify the rhyme scheme...
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
So are you
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
So are you
a)
AAB
b)
BABA
c)
ABCD
d)
ABCB
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