WorksheetsYear 7 Poetry Techniques
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 13mins
What technique am I?
When you compare 2 things using 'is'.
metaphor
rhyme
simile
personification
What technique am I?
The way a poem sounds – the mood of the poem being created.
simile
repetition
assonance
tone
What technique am I?
When two or more words have the same sound as each other.
alliteration
rhyme
symbolism
metaphor
What technique am I?
When there is no punctuation at the end of a line of poetry so it runs onto the next one.
enjambment
personificaton
alliteration
onomatopoeia
What technique am I?
When language is used to paint a picture in readers' minds.
imagery
repetition
simile
tone
Which techniques make a comparison?
rhyme
metaphor
simile
alliteration
What technique am I?
Repeated vowel sounds.
rhyme
onomatopoeia
assonance
tone
What technique am I?
When an object/motif is used to say something more meaningful about something else.
simile
enjambment
rhyme
symbolism
What technique am I?
When you give a non-human object human qualities.
repetition
metaphor
personification
alliteration
What technique am I?
When you compare 2 things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.
metaphor
imagery
symbolism
simile
What technique am I?
When words resemble sounds.
onomatopoeia
alliteration
assonance
tone
What technique am I?
When consecutive words start with the same letter for effect.
metaphor
enjambment
alliteration
onomatopoeia
What technique am I?
When a word or phrase is said more than once for effect.
simile
repetition
imagery
rhyme
What technique am I?
"Men sell the wedding bells."
assonance
alliteration
onomatopoeia
simile
For it to be a simile, it must make a comparison using which TWO words? (Write both words ... or ...)
(a)
Which example is an evidence of rhyme? (Choose 2)
A - The man sat on the ground.
B - As it was raining, people stayed indoors.
C - Dancing and prancing, the children looped round.
D - The cat stretched out on the soft mat.
A
B
C
D
Which technique(s) are you still a little unsure of?
If sibilance is a repeated "s" sound and assonance is a repeated vowel sound, what do you think consonance might be?
(Hint, look at the prefix!)
