WorksheetsPoetic Terms
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
What device is being used in the following: '..my love is like a red, red rose'?
Personification
Simile
Antithesis
Assonance
What device is being used in the following?
'All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players'.
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Juxtaposition
What two devices are used in the following?
'While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.'
Simile
Sibilance
Alliteration
Rhyme
What device is being used in the following quotation?
'Parting is such sweet sorrow'.
Personification
Simile
Oxymoron
Assonance
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'
Antithesis
Metaphor
Personification
Rhyme
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!"
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Sibilance
What device is being illustrated in the following?
rainbow=hope
rose=romance
white=innocence
Juxtaposition
Symbolism
Imagery
Personification
What device is being used by Juliet in the following quotation?
'O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?'
Repetition
Imagery
Symbolism
Metaphor
What sound devices is being used in the following?
'The moon is a balloon in the month of June.'
Alliteration
Assonance
Rhyme
Sibilance
What device is the following?
"Sadly, Sam sold seven venomous serpents to Sally and Cyrus in San Francisco."
Juxtaposition
Simile
Antithesis
Sibilance
