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Lliswerry: Poetic Language - Cynddylan on a Tractor

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
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1.

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?

a)

Riding to work now as a great man should

b)

The clutch curses

c)

Kindling all the hedges, but not for him

d)

Who runs his engine on a different fuel

2.

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?

a)

Gone the old look that yoked him to the soil

b)

And all the birds are singing, bills wide in vain,

c)

He's a new man now, part of the machine,

d)

Of foxes and squirrels and bright jays.

3.

Which option is an example of rhyme?

a)

obey / should

b)

should / fields

c)

fields / away

d)

obey / away

4.

Which option is an example of rhyme?

a)

machine / obey

b)

soil / should

c)

oil / soil

d)

machine / oil

5.

Which option is an example of imagery focused on machines?

a)

His nerves of metal and his blood oil.

b)

Mirror of silence,

c)

And all the birds are singing, bills wide in vain,

d)

The sun comes over the tall trees

6.

Which option is an example of imagery focused on nature?

a)

Ah, you should see Cynddylan on a tractor

b)

The clutch curses, but the gears obey

c)

Of foxes and squirrels and bright jays.

d)

Riding to work now as a great man should,

7.

Repetition in poetry is all about repeating words, images or ideas. Which option is an example of repetition?

a)

All fresh, all caught before the stars went out.

b)

Her phosphoresent flesh’s steaming glow

c)

Men come for miles and buy from morn till night.

d)

All day she squats here, nodding her big head,

8.

Repetition in poetry is all about repeating words, images or ideas. Which option is an example of repetition of similar imagery?

a)

Her phosphoresent flesh’s steaming glow

b)

Daily she sells the princely salmon, trout,

The vulgar herring and the vicious eel

c)

All day she squats here, nodding her big head,

d)

Her voice cuts the market din

Like a saw on a nail. She stinks enough

9.

Consonance is the deliberate repeated use of consonant sounds. Which option shows consonance using 'l' sounds?

a)

His nerves of metal and his blood oil.

b)

The sun comes over the tall trees

c)

Who runs his engine on a different fuel.

d)

Mirror of silence, emptying the wood

10.

Consonance is the deliberate repeated use of consonant sounds. Which option shows consonance using 'n' sounds?

a)

His nerves of metal and his blood oil.

b)

Of foxes and squirrels and bright jays.

c)

Out of the farmyard, scattering hens

d)

Who runs his engine on a different fuel.

11.

Assonance is the deliberate repeated use of vowel sounds. Which option shows assonance using 'i' sounds?

a)

The sun comes over the tall trees

b)

Gone the old look that yoked

c)

Mirror of silence

d)

His nerves of metal

12.

Assonance is the deliberate repeated use of vowel sounds. Which option shows assonance using 'o' sounds?

a)

The clutch curses, but the gears obey

b)

Gone the old look that yoked

c)

Mirror of silence

d)

As Cynddylan passes proudly up the lane