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poetic devices

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

imagery

d)

alliteration

2.

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

anaphora

c)

hyperbole

d)

alliteration

3.

"You have a heart of gold" is an example of what poetic device?

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

anaphora

d)

metaphor

4.

What poetic device is Elvis Presley using in this song?

"You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog

Quit snoopin’ ’round my door

You can wag your tail

But I ain’t gonna feed you no more."

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

imagery

5.

What poetic device gives human traits to non-human things?

a)

personification

b)

imagery

c)

rhyme

d)

simile

6.

What poetic device is this an example of?

a)

personification

b)

imagery

c)

hyperbole

7.

This is an example of what poetic device?

a)

imagery

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

8.

The type of repetition that happens at the beginning of a line or phrase

a)

rhyme

b)

alliteration

c)

anaphora

d)

simile

9.

What poetic device is Frank SInatra using in these lines? "I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king"

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

simile

10.

"I'm going to die of emabrassment" is an example of what poetic device?

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

imagery

11.

"Like a moth to the flame, burned by the fire" is what poetic device

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

anaphora

12.

"Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature’s law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet. Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared." What poetic devices is Tupac using in this stanza?

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

alliteration

d)

all of them

13.

What poetic device is being used here?

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

anaphora