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Poetic devices in a narrative poem

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 19mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is personification? explain. What effect does it have on the reader?

4 lines
2.

Which of these is not an example of assonance?

a)

Goodnight, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite

b)

Keep your eyes on the prize

c)

Chop and churn

d)

Chips and dip

3.

Assonance the the repetition of (a)   sounds in words close to each other.

4.

Which of these is not an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

drop

b)

burp

c)

achoo

d)

fizzle

5.

What do you know about onomatopoeia? Can you give some examples which are different from the ones in the previous question?

4 lines
6.

Which of the following are examples of consonance?

a)

It's a matter of time

b)

kid's closet

c)

odds and ends

d)

left right and center

7.

How are alliterations different from consonants?

4 lines
8.

Alliterations, consonants and assonance are about sounds and not letters. True of false? Give an example

4 lines
9.

Which of the following is not an example of repetition?

a)

Over and over again

b)

Get Ready, get set, go

c)

O Captain! my Captain!

d)

come come!

10.

Why is repetition used?

4 lines
11.

Which of these is not a hyperbole?

a)

He is as tall as the Eiffel tower

b)

That watch looks like it cost a million dollars.

c)

That dog is the cutest thing alive.

d)

I’m so tired that I could sleep for a week.

12.

Which if the following statements are true about 'refrain'?

a)

It is repetition of usually a line, a stanza or some words in a poem at the start or end of a stanza.

b)

It contributes to the rhyme of a poem and emphasizes an idea through repetition.

c)

This repetition may involve only minor changes in its wording.

d)

All

13.

Which of the following is not imagery?

a)

His coat felt like a velvet curtain.

b)

My head is pounding like a drum.

c)

His words felt like a dagger in my heart.

d)

The girl had wore her night dress to the party,

14.

Which of these is a metaphor?

a)

This cat is a diva.

b)

My room is my comfort zone.

c)

Laughter is the best medicine.

d)

He’s buried in a sea of work.

e)

All

15.

Which of the following is a personification?

a)

My mother is my best buddy

b)

My friend is like the sun.

c)

My alarm yelled at me this morning.

d)

I stepped on my dog's tail so he bit me.