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QUIZ IN SOUND DEVICES

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is alliteration?

a)

The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words.

b)

The repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words.

c)

The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words.

d)

The repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song.

2.

What is assonance?

a)

The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words.

b)

The repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words.

c)

The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words.

d)

The repetition of whole words.

3.

What is consonance?

a)

The repetition of consonant sounds towards the end of a series of words.

b)

The repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words.

c)

The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words.

d)

The repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song.

4.
Definition: 
The use of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, clause or sentence - more than once
a)
Repetition
b)
Rhythm
c)
Rhyme
d)
Hyperbole
5.
Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese is an example of ________________.
a)
assonance
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
6.
Boom! 
Woof.
Crash!
Splash.
Oink.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
idiom
7.
What type of Sound Device?
From somewhere far beyond, the flag of fate's caprice unfurled,
a)
Imagery
b)
Alliteration
c)
Assonance
d)
Rhythm
8.
What type of Sound Device?
A dove moved silently above the waves.
a)
Assonance
b)
Consonance
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia 
9.
I cried, why? Why my life?
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
imagery
10.
Define "rhyme."
a)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
b)
The repetition of a letter.
c)
The repetition of an ending sound.