WorksheetsPoetic Devices
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a type of imagery?
a)
Alfactory
b)
Personification
c)
Visual
d)
Simile
2.
Visual imagery consists of things we can ________.
a)
see
b)
touch
c)
smell
d)
taste
3.
"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of __________.
a)
simile
b)
figure of speech
c)
metaphor
d)
imagery
4.
Olfactory imagery appeals to the readers' sense of _______.
a)
feel
b)
taste
c)
cook
d)
smell
5.
Gustatory imagery relates to _________.
a)
taste
b)
feel
c)
sight
d)
auditory
6.
"Mr. Tran is a snake" is an example of _______.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
imagery
7.
"The dish ran away with the spoon" is an example of ____________.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
imagery
8.
How is tactile pronounced?
a)
tack-tile
b)
tack-till
c)
tack-tily
d)
tack-le
9.
"The silly students spun the special spinners sparingly" is an example of ____________.
a)
alliteration
b)
symbolism
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
10.
Repeating the same vowel sound in words that are close together is ____________.
a)
assonance
b)
consonance
c)
repetition
d)
repeating the same vowel sounds
11.
Repeated use of consonance sounds is called __________.
a)
rhyme
b)
consonance
c)
assonance
d)
repetition
12.
A couplet is made up of ________ lines.
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
6
13.
Tactile imagery consists of things we can ________.
a)
taste
b)
hear
c)
sense
d)
touch
14.
Do couplets rhyme?
a)
Yes! Mr. Tran you are the best.
b)
Yes!
c)
No!
d)
No, they glow.
15.
"Leaves got up in a coil and hissed,/ Blindly struck at my knee and missed." This is an example of what kind of imagery?
a)
Action imagery
b)
Kinesthetic imagery
c)
Physical imagery
d)
Olfactory imagery
16.
"The roar of trees, the crack of branches, beating on a box" This is an example of what kind of imagery?
a)
Gustatory imagery
b)
Auditory imagery
c)
Visual imagery
d)
Kinesthetic imagery
17.
Which is an example of onamatopeoa?
a)
Buzz
b)
Stop
c)
Air
d)
Fire
18.
What is the defintion of imagery?
a)
The use of language that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses.
b)
The use of diction to appeal to sight.
c)
The use of words to appeal to 6 senses.
d)
The use of language to appeal to one sense.
19.
What is a stanza?
a)
A group of lines in a poem.
b)
A group of words in a poem.
c)
Two lines in a poem that rhyme.
d)
A group of letters in a poem.
20.
What is a rhyme?
a)
The occurence of the same letters.
b)
The occurrence of the same vowels.
c)
The occurrence of the same sounds.
d)
The occurrence of the different sounds.
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