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alliteration assonance consonance

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is alliteration?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
2.
What is assonance?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
3.
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using like or as.
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
stanza
4.
What is consonance?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
5.
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?
6.
I balked when I saw the tall cop in the hall; I knew he was looking for you.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
What did you do this time?!
7.
What is the difference between repetition and alliteration?
a)
alliteration is repeated words; repetition is sounds
b)
repetition is repeated words, alliteration is sounds
c)
One starts with an r, one starts with an a.
d)
If every poem you write is "que sera, sera," it doesn't matter.
8.
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things, NOT using like or as.
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
stanza
9.

Snowflakes are our friends

They descend when winter comes

Making white blankets

a)

ballad

b)

sonnet

c)

haiku

d)

free verse

10.

A knot in the wood;

there is beauty in just that.

A simple marking.

a)

haiku

b)

sonnet

c)

ballad

d)

elegy

11.

patterns / similarities in final sounds of two or more lines

a)

rhyme

b)

rhythm

c)

refrain

d)

stanza

12.

a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author

a)

tone

b)

epic

c)

meter

d)

rhythm

13.

The __________ is the beat of the poem.

a)

Sound

b)

Music

c)

Rhyme

d)

Rhythm

14.

Two or more words that end with the same sound is called _______________

a)

Mood

b)

Line

c)

Rhyme

d)

Theme

15.

A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme.

a)

symbol

b)

stanza

c)

syllable

d)

line

16.

The central idea, message, or moral of a literary work

a)

theme

b)

tone

c)

persona

d)

line

17.

Which of the following pairs of words rhyme?

a)

Plane and Chair

b)

Tree and Sky

c)

Cat and Hat

d)

Cough and Dough

18.

What are stanzas?

a)

The poem's speaker

b)

The poem's groups of lines

c)

The poem's central ideas

d)

The poem's best rhymes

19.

What is one characteristic of a haiku?

a)

It is three lines.

b)

It is five lines.

c)

It is as many lines as the poet needs.

20.

What kind of poem is this?


Fresh green buds appear

Indicating spring will soon

Energize us all.

a)

Haiku

b)

Limerick

c)

Ballad

d)

Free Verse

21.
Your soul will follow.
a)
assonance
b)
consonance
c)
none
d)
rhyme
22.
I wish that date would fade from memory.
a)
assonance
b)
consonance
c)
none
d)
rhyme
23.
The stony wall enclosed the garden.
a)
assonance
b)
consonance
c)
none
d)
rhyme
24.
To sound eager is to sound phony.
a)
assonance
b)
consonance
c)
none
d)
rhyme
25.
Among the apples the children frolicked.
a)
assonance
b)
consonance
c)
none
d)
rhyme