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Poetic Devices

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

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1.

Which of these completes this sentence with alliteration?


Are you hungry? Let's find a cafe for ________, __________ and __________.

a)

egg, chips and cola

b)

coffee, cakes and tea

c)

coffee, cakes and cola

d)

fish, chips and coffee

2.

Which word means:


The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Idiom

c)

Assonance

d)

Rhythm

3.

What two letters could you use in an alliterative sentence because they make the same sound?

a)

c & k

b)

p & t

c)

o & q

d)

b & m

4.

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP, is called:

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Alliteration

d)

Idiom

5.

What onomatopoeia does this image show?

a)

booo

b)

bark

c)

bzzzz

d)

baaa

6.

What onomatopoeia does this image show?

a)

roar

b)

crash

c)

pop

d)

bam

7.

What onomatopoeia does this image show?

a)

ring

b)

bing

c)

boom

d)

pow

8.

Which THREE words create the alliteration? Kim carefully cut the knot.

a)

Kim

b)

carefully

c)

cut

d)

knot

9.

The BEST way to use the words pink, poppies, Paula planted and pretty to form an alliteration is

a)

Paula planted pretty pink poppies.

b)

Pretty pink poppies planted Paula.

c)

Pink pretty poppies Paula planted.

d)

Paula planted poppies pretty pink.

10.

Finish the following rhyming couplet:


Roses are red, violets are blue.

Sugar is sweet and so are____.

a)

too

b)

you

c)

yours

d)

bee

11.

To find the rhyming scheme of a poem, I need to look at the _________ word in each line.

a)

first

b)

third

c)

last

12.

A group of words in one row of a poem is called a:

a)

stanza

b)

couplet

c)

line

13.

How many lines does a couplet have?

a)

6

b)

2

c)

1

14.

The following is an example of a rhyming ___________ :


I saw a giant bear,

He was right over there!

a)

Quatrain

b)

Couplet

c)

Neither

d)

Pair

15.

What is the rhyming pattern of the poem below?


If you always try your best,

Then you'll never have to wonder,

About what you could have done,

If you had summoned all your thunder.

a)

AA, BB

b)

A, B, C, B

c)

A, B, CC

16.

Words that imitate a sound

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

17.

This is an example of a/an:


A tutor who tooted the flute,

tried to tutor two tooter's to toot.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

18.

Identify the rhyme scheme for the following poem.


Mr. Brown the Circus Clown


Mr. Brown, the circus clown

puts his clothes on upside down.

He wears his hat upon his toes

and socks and shoes upon his nose.

(a)  

19.

Identify the rhyme scheme for the following poem.


Today I Had a Rotten Day


Today I had a rotten day.

As I was coming in from play

I accidentally stubbed my toes

and tripped and fell and whacked my nose.

(a)  

20.

Fill in the blank using onomatopoeia.


I couldn't sleep with the sound of the clock,__________ __________.

(a)