WorksheetsSound and Visuals in Poetry
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which term fits the following definition? The use of the same sound at the start of several consecutive or nearly consecutive words.
Alliteration
Simile
Hyperbole
Rhyme
Which sound device is being used in the following sentence? Down and down and down he fell into the deep recesses of the cave.
Idiom
Repetition
Simile
Hyperbole
Which figurative device is being used in the following sentence? I'm so hungry I could eat a great white shark!
Simile
Idiom
Personification
Hyperbole
Which figurative device is represented by the following sentence. Your life is an open book with many blank pages yet to be filled with experiences.
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Idiom
Which device is being used in this line?
I looked outside and it was raining cats and dogs
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Idiom
Which figurative device is being used in this line? The old tree stretched his long and gangly fingers towards the sky.
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom
Which term fits the following definition? A word that sounds like the thing it describes.
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Rhyme
Alliteration
Which figurative device is being used in this line? The salmon we caught was bigger than the boat!
Idiom
Hyperbole
Simile
Alliteration
Which term fits this definition? A comparison between two unlike things with "like" or "as."
Metaphor
Idiom
Simile
Hyperbole
What type of figurative device is the following line? His tears fell like raindrops in a storm.
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
"Lightning danced across the sky."
"The flowers begged for attention."
"The vines wove their fingers together to form a braided ladder."
"The sun played hide and seek with the clouds."
All these show use of
(a)
Which term fits the following definition? An exaggeration that is so extreme that no one could possibly take it literally.
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Which sound device is being used in this line?
Softly and slowly the snowflakes fell
Metaphor
Rhyme
Alliteration
Idiom
Which term fits the following definition? An expression that has a meaning that has little to do with the words that compose it (create it).
Metaphor
Personification
Idiom
Hyperbole
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Only similes compare two unlike things.
Only metaphors use like or as in the comparison
Similes are literal statements
Similes use like or as, while metaphors do not
"Tom is like an erupting volcano when he is angry" shows
(a)
Which term fits the following definition? The act of giving human qualities, emotions, or body parts to an inanimate object.
Rhyme
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Which device is being used in the following sentence? The cat meowed at the chirping birds.
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
"The cat curled up in the chair in a period of yellow fur" shows
(a)
"The school bus vacuumed up children at each stop " is an example of ...
personification
simile
metaphor (implied)
onomatopoeia
