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WorksheetsPoetic Devices and Forms
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
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
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
a thousand years
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
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
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"
Repetition
Metaphor
Rhyme
I like that boom boom pow
Them chickens jackin' my style
-The Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow"
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Simile
Assonance
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"
Simile and Metaphor
Allusion and symbolism
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"
Alliteration
Metphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
...You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
-Michael Jackson, "Thriller"
Symbol
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
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
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme Scheme
You are simply the sun in my sky
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor, alliteration
Simile
Vivid words
Death crept in without a word and stole what was most dear to me
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
allusions
As playful as a kitten
Rhyme
Simile
Allusion
Repetition
My mother is a machine
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Babies are gentle like a soft cotton touching your face
sound
Metaphor
Simile
Rhyme
What is an over-exaggeration?
imagery
personification
anaphora
hyperbole
Which is an example of simile?
The runner crossed the finish line as if she were a peacock, overconfident and flashy.
The runner was a hawk flying past her opponents and scaring her prey.
"Buzzzzzz" is an example of which poetic device?
Repetition
Allegory
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Free verse
a story told in the form of a poem
is poetry that has no regular beat or rhyme
a line of poetry
any two lines working as a unit
_____________ poems create a shape about their subject.
haiku
limerick
lyrical
visual/concrete
Several lines grouped together in a poem
line
stanza
poetry
repetition
Descriptive writing that appeals to any of our five senses
repetition
simile
metaphor
imagery
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
