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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
They're is an example of a (a)
Homework is an example of a (a) .
frenemy is an example of a (a) .
frenemy comes from the words (a) .
"Her eyes are like marbles" is a (a) .
"The calm lake was a crystal clear mirror" is an example of a (a) .
"The trees danced under the wind" is an example of...
Personification
Imagery
Irony
Look at this part from a poem - which technique isn't used here?
1. I’m like tripping right now I have suitcase fever.
2. Dude, man, pare, three people can be the same.
3. Except he’s not who he says he is, pare. He’s a sneeze with Chinese blood: Ha Ching!
(CoÑotations, Paolo Manalo)
Poetic license
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Imagery
Which instance of poetic license is used in these lines?
I dream of magic lines but they elude me.
Well, sometimes.
(Quoditian Fever, Howard Kerr)
Grammar change
Spelling change
Space change
Form change
What is the effect of the poetic license used in these lines?
A vindictive old crone called Skyla
Her comments could not be more vile’a
She will give folk such flack
Stabbing them in the back
Well 'madam' I don’t like your style’a*
(BAD MOUTH BRIGADE, Jan Allison)
It gives the poem a distinctive form.
It gives the poem a distinctive rhyme.
It gives the poem a distinctive language.
It gives the poem a distinctive format.
