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Poetic Techniques

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tom's eyes were ice as he stared at her.

a)

Rhyme

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Repetition

2.

“I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn’t really happy.”

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Caesura

d)

Repetition

3.

Roses, roses! Two bucks a bunch! They say

The boys in the street, ready to sell you.


(HINT: Examples are in red)

a)

Caesura

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Emotive Language

4.

Life is like a box of chocolates.

a)

Rhyme

b)

Imagery

c)

Repetition

d)

Simile

5.

I dreamt of a drip-dropping drain in my dream.

a)

Rhyme

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Imagery

6.

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Emotive Language

c)

Repetition

d)

Onomatopoeia

7.

We were running


to find what had happened


beyond the hills.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Enjambment

d)

Emotive Language

8.

The lake was left shivering by the touch of morning wind.

a)

Caesura

b)

Personifcation

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Enjambment

9.

What techniques are found in this:


We were dancing—it must have

been a foxtrot or a waltz,

something romantic but

requiring restraint,

a)

Enjambment

b)

Caesura

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

10.

What techniques are found in this:


After dark, stars glisten like ice, and the distance they span

Hides something elemental. Not God, exactly. More like

Some thin-hipped glittering Bowie-being—a Starman

Or cosmic ace hovering, swaying, aching to make us see

a)

Caesura

b)

Simile

c)

Imagery

d)

Enjambment

11.

How did you find this quiz?

a)

Easy

b)

Medium

c)

Hard

d)

Impossible