Worksheetspoetic devices
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"
metaphor
simile
imagery
alliteration
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
onomatopoeia
anaphora
hyperbole
alliteration
"You have a heart of gold" is an example of what poetic device?
simile
personification
anaphora
metaphor
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."
hyperbole
metaphor
imagery
What poetic device gives human traits to non-human things?
personification
imagery
rhyme
simile
What poetic device is this an example of?
personification
imagery
hyperbole
This is an example of what poetic device?
imagery
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
The type of repetition that happens at the beginning of a line or phrase
rhyme
alliteration
anaphora
simile
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"
alliteration
onomatopoeia
simile
simile
"I'm going to die of emabrassment" is an example of what poetic device?
hyperbole
simile
imagery
"Like a moth to the flame, burned by the fire" is what poetic device
simile
metaphor
anaphora
"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?
metaphor
personification
alliteration
all of them
What poetic device is being used here?
personification
alliteration
anaphora
