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Poetic Devices

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I'm growing fonder of my staff; / I'm growing dimmer in the eyes;

I'm growing fainter in my laugh; / I'm growing deeper in my sighs;

Which techniques are being used?

a)

Rhythm

b)

Repetition

c)

Personification

2.

Confound the cats! All cats--away-- / Cats of all colors, black, white, gray;

By night a nuisance and by day-- / Confound the cats! All cats, always.


What techniques are being used?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Rhyme

c)

Onomatopoeia

3.

I dreamed a dream next Tuesday week, / Beneath the apple-trees;

I thought my eyes were big pork-pies, / And my nose was Stilton cheese.


What techniques are being used?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Rhyme

c)

Rhythm

d)

Alliteration

4.

O Sea! whose ancient ripples lie on red-ribbed sands where seaweeds shone;

O moon! whose golden sickle's gone,


Which technique is being used

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Onomatopoeia

5.

Across the moorlands of the Not / We chase the gruesome When;

And hunt the Itness of the What / Through forests of the Then.


Which technique is being used?

a)

Metophor

b)

Rhyme

c)

Idiom

6.

BANG!!! There goes another building, / BOOM!!! And there go 2 more,

Said the man who took target practice / In the seat of a military tank.

BAM!!! There goes another. / Life is hard when you don't have a father to guide you.

BOOM!!! You could end up in jail, / BANG!!! You could end up crazy,

AHHHH!!! Or you could end up dead / Because you pressed the wrong button.


What techniques are being used?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

7.

Big Balloons Bounce into the / Big Blue Sky / Up, up, and away / There they go


Which techniques are being used?

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Repetition

8.

Buzz, goes the blue fly, / Hum, goes the bee,

Buzz and hum they cry, / And so do we:


Which technique is being used?

a)

Irony

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

9.

There was a crow sat on a stone, / When he was gone, then there was none.


Which technique is being used?

a)

rhythm

b)

irony

c)

metaphor

10.

Tiger, Tiger burning bright, / in the forests of the night,


Which techniques are being used?

a)

Rhyme

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration