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WorksheetsLliswerry: Poetic Language - Cynddylan on a Tractor
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
Alliteration is when words that start with the same letter are placed near or next to each other. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
Riding to work now as a great man should
The clutch curses
Kindling all the hedges, but not for him
Who runs his engine on a different fuel
Alliteration is when words that start with the same letter are placed near or next to each other. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
Gone the old look that yoked him to the soil
And all the birds are singing, bills wide in vain,
He's a new man now, part of the machine,
Of foxes and squirrels and bright jays.
Which option is an example of rhyme?
obey / should
should / fields
fields / away
obey / away
Which option is an example of rhyme?
machine / obey
soil / should
oil / soil
machine / oil
Which option is an example of imagery focused on machines?
His nerves of metal and his blood oil.
Mirror of silence,
And all the birds are singing, bills wide in vain,
The sun comes over the tall trees
Which option is an example of imagery focused on nature?
Ah, you should see Cynddylan on a tractor
The clutch curses, but the gears obey
Of foxes and squirrels and bright jays.
Riding to work now as a great man should,
Repetition in poetry is all about repeating words, images or ideas. Which option is an example of repetition?
All fresh, all caught before the stars went out.
Her phosphoresent flesh’s steaming glow
Men come for miles and buy from morn till night.
All day she squats here, nodding her big head,
Repetition in poetry is all about repeating words, images or ideas. Which option is an example of repetition of similar imagery?
Her phosphoresent flesh’s steaming glow
Daily she sells the princely salmon, trout,
The vulgar herring and the vicious eel
All day she squats here, nodding her big head,
Her voice cuts the market din
Like a saw on a nail. She stinks enough
Consonance is the deliberate repeated use of consonant sounds. Which option shows consonance using 'l' sounds?
His nerves of metal and his blood oil.
The sun comes over the tall trees
Who runs his engine on a different fuel.
Mirror of silence, emptying the wood
Consonance is the deliberate repeated use of consonant sounds. Which option shows consonance using 'n' sounds?
His nerves of metal and his blood oil.
Of foxes and squirrels and bright jays.
Out of the farmyard, scattering hens
Who runs his engine on a different fuel.
Assonance is the deliberate repeated use of vowel sounds. Which option shows assonance using 'i' sounds?
The sun comes over the tall trees
Gone the old look that yoked
Mirror of silence
His nerves of metal
Assonance is the deliberate repeated use of vowel sounds. Which option shows assonance using 'o' sounds?
The clutch curses, but the gears obey
Gone the old look that yoked
Mirror of silence
As Cynddylan passes proudly up the lane
