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WorksheetsPoetic Devices and Form
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is allusion?
When a poet refers to something in a passing manner
When a poet tricks the reader
When the poet illuminates the reader on a new topic
When the reader connects the dots between poems
What is free verse poetry?
Poetry about freedom
Poetry without set rules
What is this an example of?
"I've got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DNA"
(a)
Shakespeare created a new type of this poetic form.
Ballad
Haiku
Limmerick
Sonnet
An "iamb" is a...
metric foot
type of couplet
form of rhyme
serious limmerick
I write, erase, rewrite
Erase again, and then
A poppy blooms.
“A Poppy Blooms” by Katsushika Hokusai
This type of poetry is a...
(a)
Ballads originated from...
Meatloaf's music
Ballet
Folk music
Fairy tales
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"
Is an example of...
Assonance
Repetition
Hyperbole
Juxtaposition
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..."
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
This passage has examples of...
Rhyme
Hyperbole
Simile
Juxtaposition
She was a mama bear protecting her cubs.
What poetic device is this?
Simile
Metaphor
"Hear the mellow wedding bells" by Edgar Allen Poe.
Is an example of...
Assonance
Alliteration
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Iambic pentameter is
The meter of Shakespearean sonnets
Five metric feet
