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Sound Devices

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"The horse neighed at the visitors." what sound device does the underlined word belong?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

None of the above

2.

Claire, close your cluttered closet

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

None of the above

3.
What is alliteration?
a)
The repetition of a letter in a line
b)
the repetition of a letter sound in a line
c)
the repetition of only vowel sounds
d)
A really annoying test topic
4.
What is assonance?
a)
The repetition of vowel sounds in a line
b)
The repetition of consonant sounds in a line
c)
The repetition of any letter sounds in a line
d)
I don't care!
5.
What is an onomatopoeia?
a)
 word that represents a sound
b)
word that represents an idea
c)
it is a different word for alliteration
d)
word that is hard to spell 
6.
Crash! Bang! Pow!
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
imagery
7.
I cried, why? Why my life?
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
imagery
8.
Great, gregarious Gary from Gryffindor likes grapes.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
imagery
9.

Alliteration is the repetition of a letter in a line

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Onomatopoeia is the word that sounds vowel

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Big, bad Bernie Bean-Toes ate two banana bunches

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

consonance

d)

why does Ms. Schleiden let her cat eat bananas?

12.

Identify which poetic device is used below:

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Assonance

13.

SOUND DEVICES create a musical sound.

a)

True

b)

False

14.
The repetition of identical sounds at the ENDS of lines of poetry.
a)
end rhyme
b)
internal rhyme
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
consonance
15.

Give 1 example sentence each in Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, and Assonance

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