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Poetry Techniques

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Repetition of initial consonant sounds: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

a)

assonance

b)

consonance

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

2.

Words that show sound: Snap! Crackle! Pop!

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

rhyme

d)

repeition

3.

Repeating a word, phrase, or line for emphasis.

a)

rhyme

b)

repetition

c)

meter

d)

alliteration

4.

Words that end in the same sound have this trait: The fairy named Mary was known for being merry - and hairy!

a)

repetition

b)

rhyme

c)

meter

d)

alliteration

5.

Stating one thing is another to create a comparison: “He’s a sly fox.”

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

6.

Use of the word like or as to create a comparison between two things: “My love is like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June” (Robert Burns).

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

7.

Giving an object human traits or characteristics, often to create imagery: The daisies danced in the breeze.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

8.

When one line of poetry runs into the next - when a line ends without end punctuation and the sentence continues onto the next line.

a)

stanza

b)

couplet

c)

enjambment

d)

rhyme scheme

9.

Being creative with spacing, how words are spread out on a page, the use of stanzas

a)

Formatting

b)

Line Breaks

c)

Line Stops

d)

Stanza

10.

A poetry "paragraph" is also known as a..

a)

Paragraph

b)

Group

c)

Line

d)

Stanza

11.

Rhyming irregularly for effect

a)

Rhyme scheme

b)

Occasional rhyme

c)

Alliteration

d)

Onomatopoeia

12.

A type of poetry that does not have to follow any pattern or rhyme scheme

a)

Haiku

b)

Concrete poem

c)

Free verse

d)

Cinquain