Worksheetsfigurative language in poetry
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An extreme exaggeration
b)
A little exaggeration
c)
Similar sounds
d)
Compares two things using like or as
2.
"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."
What human characteristic is being given?
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Whistling
b)
Happiness
c)
Walking
d)
Hiking
3.
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?
What is being personified?
a)
The walls
b)
The scream
c)
The room
d)
The orange
4.
What is onomatopoeia?
a)
A word or phrase that can be said forwards and backwards
b)
An obviouse exaggeration
c)
A word that mimics a sound
d)
Givig human qualities to an item
5.
Simile or Metaphor:
Math is like a puzzle that never ends.
Math is like a puzzle that never ends.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
6.
What is being personified:
The moon guided me through the forest.
The moon guided me through the forest.
a)
moon
b)
forest
7.
Which of these lines from Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” contains alliteration?
a)
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
b)
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door
c)
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
8.
Choose the best alliteration definition:
a)
The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.
b)
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
c)
The repetition of consonant sounds in unstressed syllables.
9.
What is an idiom?
a)
A bird?
b)
A device used to confuse the reader.
c)
A word or phrase that does not mean what it says.
d)
A group of words that begin with the same sound.
10.
Which of the following is a hyperbole?
a)
She is as pretty as a flower.
b)
She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.
c)
She is a beautiful flower.
d)
She is very pretty.
11.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An extreme exaggeration
b)
A little exaggeration
c)
Similar sounds
d)
Compares two things using like or as
12.
What is the best definition of imagery?
a)
Imagery is the author’s use of language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader imagine what is being described.
b)
An act of saying what will or might happen in the future.
c)
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
d)
Exaggeration
13.
This sentence appeals to which sense:
The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.
The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.
a)
sound
b)
sight
c)
smell
d)
touch
14.
what are some poetic devices?
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
am i supposed to care /: 0-0
d)
yes
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