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Poetic Terms

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What device is being used in the following: '..my love is like a red, red rose'?

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Antithesis

d)

Assonance

2.

What device is being used in the following?

'All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players'.

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Juxtaposition

3.

What two devices are used in the following?

'While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.'

a)

Simile

b)

Sibilance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Rhyme

4.

What device is being used in the following quotation?

'Parting is such sweet sorrow'.

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Assonance

5.

What device is being used in the following quotations?

'Here's much to do with love but more with hate', 'my only love sprung from my only hate'

a)

Antithesis

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Rhyme

6.

What sound device is being used in the following?

"Oh, the bells, bells, bells!

What a tale their terror tells

Of Despair!

How they clang, and clash, and roar!"

a)

Assonance

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Sibilance

7.

What device is being illustrated in the following?

rainbow=hope

rose=romance

white=innocence

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

Symbolism

c)

Imagery

d)

Personification

8.

What device is being used by Juliet in the following quotation?

'O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?'

a)

Repetition

b)

Imagery

c)

Symbolism

d)

Metaphor

9.

What sound devices is being used in the following?

'The moon is a balloon in the month of June.'

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Rhyme

d)

Sibilance

10.

What device is the following?

"Sadly, Sam sold seven venomous serpents to Sally and Cyrus in San Francisco."

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

Simile

c)

Antithesis

d)

Sibilance