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Poetry- Sound Devices

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
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1.

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem or verse is referred to as:

a)

Syntax

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

2.

A type of rhyme when two or more words, close to one another, repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.

a)

Consonance

b)

Assonance

3.
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
4.
Big, bad Bernie Bean-Toes ate two banana bunches
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
why does Ms. Schleiden let her cat eat bananas?
5.
Words that sound alike at the end.
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
rhyme
d)
onomatopoeia
6.
My sloppy sister snoozes is an example of...
a)
cleverness
b)
alliteration
c)
a rude comment
d)
personification
7.

What is the rhyme scheme of the first four lines of this poem?

a)

A B C D

b)

AA BB

c)

A B C A

d)

A B A B

8.

A stanza is similar to a(n):

a)

Essay

b)

Paragraph

c)

Line

9.
The sleeping geese recline their heads.
a)
assonance
b)
consonance
c)
none
d)
rhyme
10.
The plums are proud and round.
a)
assonance
b)
consonance
c)
none
d)
rhyme
11.

A four line stanza.

a)

couplet

b)

refrain

c)

quatrain

d)

octave

12.
a two-line poem with both lines rhyming
a)
bi-poem
b)
couplet
c)
narrative
d)
ballac
13.

Line 2 of this poem contains an example of a/an ___________.

a)

internal rhyme

b)

end rhyme

c)

slant rhyme

d)

rhyme scheme

14.
How many lines are in a sonnet? 
a)
12
b)
14
c)
10
d)
16
15.

a line of verse with five metrical feet, each made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. Example - Two HOUSEholds, BOTH aLIKE in DIGniTY.

a)

rhyme

b)

couplet

c)

iambic pentameter

d)

William Shakespeare