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Worksheets7th Grade Poetry Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
Define Simile
Giving human qualities or characteristics to an object, animal, or idea (something not human)
Making a comparison using "like or "as"
Making a comparison by saying one thing IS another
Extreme exaggeration
Define Metaphor
Giving human qualities or characteristics to an object, animal, or idea (something not human)
Making a comparison using "like" or "as"
Making a comparison by saying one thing IS another
Extreme exaggeration
Define Hyperbole
Giving human qualities or characteristics to an object, animal, or idea (something not human)
Making a comparison using "like" or "as"
Making a comparison by saying one thing IS another
Extreme exaggeration
Define Personification
Giving human qualities or characteristics to an object, animal, or idea (something not human)
Making a comparison by using "like" or "as"
Making a comparison by saying one thing IS another
Extreme exaggeration
"Baby you're a firework" is an example of
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
"You make me smile like the sun, fall out of bed, sing like a bird, ..." is an example of
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
"Our hearts are hungry for a food that won't come" is an example of
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
"Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles If I could just see you tonight" is an example of
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
What are these examples of:
Poof, Kaboom, Gulp, Crack, Aargh, Vroom
alliteration
rhyme
onomatopoeia
repetition
"See you later, alligator" is an example of
alliteration
rhyme
onomatopoeia
repetition
What is the Rhyme Scheme for this stanza of poetry:
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
ABAB
AABB
ABCD
ABCA
What TWO sound devices are used in this example?
"Tick! Tock! on the clock"
Repetition and rhyme
Onomatopoeia and repetition
Alliteration and repetition
Onomatopoeia and rhyme
What is this an example of?
"Love is a battlefield"
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
What type of sensory imagery is used in this example?
"After eating the curry, his breath stank of garlic".
Sight
Smell
Taste
Sound
Touch
What type of sensory imagery is used in this example?
"Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur!"
Sight
Smell
Taste
Sound
Touch
What type of sensory imagery is used in this example?
"Crispy and tart, I bit the apple and tried not to let the juice escape the corners of my mouth".
Sight
Smell
Taste
Sound
Touch
What type of sensory imagery is used in this example?
"Light bounced off the waves and sparkled on the surface of the water".
Sight
Smell
Taste
Sound
Touch
What type of sound device is this an example of?
"If colored caterpillars could change their colors constantly could they keep their colored coat colored properly?"
Repetition
Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Define Rhyme
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
Repeating words or phrases, right next to each other, or later in
the poem.
Words that imitate sounds.
Repeated starting sounds in words that are close together.
Define Repetition
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
Repeating words or phrases, right next to each other, or later in
the poem.
Words that imitate sounds.
Repeated starting sounds in words that are close together.
Define Alliteration
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
Repeating words or phrases, right next to each other, or later in
the poem.
Words that imitate sounds.
Repeated starting sounds in words that are close together.
Define Onomatopoeia
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
Repeating words or phrases, right next to each other, or later in
the poem.
Words that imitate sounds.
Repeated starting sounds in words that are close together.
What TWO poetic devices are used in this example?
"The road was a ribbon of moonlight, over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding -
Riding- riding-"
Metaphor and simile
Metaphor and repetition
Simile and repetition
hyperbole and onomatopoeia
What TWO poetic devices are used in this example?
"Sally was as sweet as a strawberry sundae!"
Alliteration and simile
Alliteration and metaphor
Alliteration and hyperbole
Rhyme and repetition
Which of these examples is a Hyperbole?
He is so strong!
He is as strong as the Hulk.
He is the Hulk.
He could lift a mountain!
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
"I started on my homework
but my pen ran out of ink.
My hamster ate my homework.
My computer’s on the blink".
AAAB
ABCA
ABAC
ABAB
Which of these examples is Personification?
The clouds cried until the rivers were full.
It rained hard today.
It rained cats and dogs.
It rained like someone had turned on the faucet.
Define Stanza
When you stand up to read a poem
Words that rhyme
A paragraph or section of poetry
the opposite of a sitza
In poetry, the speaker is the narrator of the poem.
True
False
What do you still need to study for this test?
Sensory Imagery (Sight, Smell, Taste, Sound, Touch)
Sound Devices (Alliteration, Repetition, Rhyme, Onomatopoeia)
Figurative Language (Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Hyperbole)
All of it!!!
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