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PALCS Poetry Practice!

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

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Class
Date
1.

The device used below is an example of:


"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..." Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven"

a)

Rhyme

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Onomatopoeia

2.

The device used below is an example of:


"Her voice is like sunshine."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Assonance

3.

The device used below is an example of:


"He found a shell that even shimmered in the shade."

a)

Assonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Rhyme

4.

The device used below is an example of:


"The flute sang beautifully at the concert."

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Meter

d)

Idiom

5.

The device in green below is an example of:


"The play is about to start, break a leg!"

a)

Idiom

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Consonance

6.

The device(s) used below is an example of:


"The aroma of hot, apple pie floated across the room,” and “Thunder rolled outside my window”


Choose 2

a)

Imagery

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

7.

The device(s) highlighted in green below are example(s) of:


“Baby now we got bad blood

You know it used to be mad love"

- Taylor Swift "Bad Blood"


Choose 2

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Idiom

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

8.

The device used below is an example of:


"Her eyes glistened like diamonds as tears streamed down her face"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Rhyme

9.

The device in green below is an example of:


"Go slow on the road so that you make it home safely."

a)

Consonance

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Irony

10.

The device used below is an example of:


"The computer in the classroom was an old dinosaur."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Repetition

d)

Hyperbole

11.

The device used below is an example of:


"Andrew always knows the right thing to say."

a)

Imagery

b)

Assonance

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

12.

The sound device most used below is an example of:


"Not a yes sir, Not a follower

Fit the box, fit the mold

Have a seat in the foyer, take a number

I was lightning before the thunder"

-Imagine Dragons "Thunder"

a)

Rhyme

b)

Repetition

c)

Idiom

d)

Assonance

13.

The sound device below is an example of:


"Well you can tell everybody

Yeah you can tell everybody

Go ahead and tell everybody

I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man"

- Aloe Blacc "I'm the Man"

a)

Rhyme

b)

Repetition

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

14.

The device used most below is an example of:


"You‘re a falling star, you‘re the getaway car

You‘re the line in the sand when I go too far."

- Michael Buble

a)

Simile

b)

Idiom

c)

Metaphor

d)

Consonance

15.

The sound device in green below is an example of:


"Don’t you tell me what you think that I can be

I’m the one at the sail, I’m the master of my sea, oh ooh

The master of my sea, oh ooh"

- Imagine Dragons "Believer"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Rhyme

16.

The sound device best used below is an example of:


"The player zipped by the zonal defense and zeroed in on the end zone"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Rhyme

d)

Hyperbole

17.

The device in green below is an example of:


"You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it.

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

You’re paralyzed."

-Michael Jackson "Thriller"

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Consonance

d)

Repetition

18.

The device(s) in green below are an example(s) of:


"You just gotta ignite the light.

And let it shine."

-Katy Perry "Firework"


Choose 2

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

d)

Hyperbole

19.

The device in green below is an example of:


"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me"

- The Beatles "Let It Be"

a)

Consonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Personification

d)

Imagery

20.

The device in green below is an example of:


"My heart's a stereo

It beats for you, so listen close

Hear my thoughts in every note"

- Gym Class Hero's "Stereo Hearts"

a)

Consonance

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

21.

The device used below is an example of:


"Janet worked her fingers to the bone"

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

22.

The device(s) below are an example(s) of:


"Let it go, let it go

And I'll rise like the break of dawn

Let it go, let it go

That perfect girl is gone"

- Frozen "Let It Go"


Choose 2

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Repetition

23.

The device in green below is an example of:


"And so all the night-tide, I lie down by the side of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride" - Edgar Allan Poe "Annabel Lee"

a)

Assonance

b)

Imagery

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Idiom

24.

The device in green below is an example of:


“You’re insecure,

Don’t know what for,

You’re turning heads when you walk through the door.”

- One Direction "That's What Makes You Beautiful"

a)

Consonance

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Onomatopoeia

25.

The device(s) used below are example(s) of:


"Then like a cold wave on a shore, comes silence and she sings no more."


Choose 2

a)

Rhyme

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Idiom

26.

The sound device best used below is an example of:


“Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance, five-hour phone conversation?”

-Train "Drops of Jupiter"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Repetition

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Idiom

27.

The device in green below is an example of:


"Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road

Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go

So make the best of this test and don’t ask why

It’s not a question but a lesson learned in time."

- Green Day "Good Riddance"

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

28.

The device(s) used below are an example(s) of:


The highway won’t hold you tonight

The highway don’t know you’re alive

The highway don’t care if you’re all alone

But I do, I do."

- Tim McGraw ft. Taylor Swift "Highway Don't Care"


Choose 2

a)

Repetition

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

29.

The device used most below is an example of:


"In west Philadelphia born and raised

On the playground was where I spent most of my days

Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool

And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school"

- Will Smith "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

a)

Assonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Rhyme

d)

Alliteration

30.

The device used below is an example of:


"The heart is a bloom,

shoots up through the stony ground."

- U2 "It's a Beautiful Day"

a)

Imagery

b)

Alliteration

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Consonance