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Poetic Devices and Forms

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

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Class
Date
1.

Identify the type of figurative language being used below-


I have died everyday, waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

a thousand years

2.

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?

-"Firework", Katy Perry

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

3.

I feel glorious, glorious

Got a chance to start again

I was born for this, born for this

It's who I am, how could I forget?


-Macklemore, "Glorious"

a)

Repetition

b)

Metaphor

c)

Rhyme

4.

I like that boom boom pow

Them chickens jackin' my style


-The Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow"

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Imagery

c)

Simile

d)

Assonance

5.

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch

You really are a heel

You're as cuddly as a cactus

You're as charming as an eel


-"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"

a)

Simile and Metaphor

b)

Allusion and symbolism

6.

And I'm so sick of love songs, so tired of tears

So done with wishing you were still here

Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow

So why can't I turn off the radio?


-Ne-Yo, "So Sick"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metphor

c)

Personification

d)

Onomatopoeia

7.

...You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes


-Michael Jackson, "Thriller"

a)

Symbol

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

8.

They put me in the oven to bake.

Me, a deprived and miserable cake.

Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.

Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.


-"The Life of a Cupcake", by Shelby Greer

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Rhyme Scheme

9.

You are simply the sun in my sky

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Metaphor, alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Vivid words

10.

Death crept in without a word and stole what was most dear to me

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Personification

d)

allusions

11.

As playful as a kitten

a)

Rhyme

b)

Simile

c)

Allusion

d)

Repetition

12.

My mother is a machine

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Onomatopoeia

13.

Babies are gentle like a soft cotton touching your face

a)

sound

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Rhyme

14.

What is an over-exaggeration?

a)

imagery

b)

personification

c)

anaphora

d)

hyperbole

15.

Which is an example of simile?

a)

The runner crossed the finish line as if she were a peacock, overconfident and flashy.

b)

The runner was a hawk flying past her opponents and scaring her prey.

16.

"Buzzzzzz" is an example of which poetic device?

a)

Repetition

b)

Allegory

c)

Assonance

d)

Onomatopoeia

17.

Free verse

a)

a story told in the form of a poem

b)

is poetry that has no regular beat or rhyme

c)

a line of poetry

d)

any two lines working as a unit

18.
A poem that tells a story is referred to as a 
a)
Narrative Poem
b)
Lyrical Poem
c)
Limerick
d)
Haiku
19.

_____________ poems create a shape about their subject.

a)

haiku

b)

limerick

c)

lyrical

d)

visual/concrete

20.

Several lines grouped together in a poem

a)

line

b)

stanza

c)

poetry

d)

repetition

21.

Descriptive writing that appeals to any of our five senses

a)

repetition

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

imagery

22.
What structure is poetry written in?
a)
Sentences & paragraphs
b)
Sentences & stanzas
c)
Lines & paragraphs
d)
Lines & stanzas
23.
What device is used here:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Rhyme
24.
Onomatopoeias, metaphors, similes, hyperboles, idioms, and personification are all types of...
a)
figurative language
b)
sensory language
c)
genres
d)
media
25.
A sentence, phrase, or word arranged into a single row.
a)
line
b)
stanza
c)
rhythm
d)
anonymous