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Poetic Devices

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Alliteration is when...
a)
nearby words repeat the same beginning consonant
b)
words sound the same but mean different things
c)
words at the end of the lines rhyme
d)
a reference to another literary work
2.
"Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed..."
a)
alliteration
b)
allusion
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
3.
poetry that has no regular rhythm, meter, rhyme, or structure
a)
free verse 
b)
ode
c)
haiku
d)
prose
4.
a form of poetry that tells a story and has a setting, characters, and a plot 
a)
ode
b)
narrative poem
c)
rhyme
d)
haiku
5.
the repetition of the same ending sound in two or more words
a)
rhyme
b)
rhythm
c)
consonance
d)
poetry
6.
rhymes within lines of poetry
a)
rhyme
b)
complete rhyme
c)
internal rhyme 
d)
end rhyme
7.
rhymes at the ends of lines of poetry
a)
end rhyme
b)
internal rhyme
c)
complete rhyme
d)
rhyme
8.
the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of a poem or song 
a)
rhythm
b)
rhyme scheme 
c)
end rhyme
d)
internal rhyme 
9.

A stanza is similar to a(n):

a)

Essay

b)

Paragraph

c)

Line

10.

The days crept by slowly, sorrowfully

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Imagery

11.

The grass grew green in the graveyard

a)

Consonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Metaphor

12.
A reference to a famous person, place, event, or piece of literature is called a(n) ________.
a)
inference
b)
metaphor 
c)
rhyme scheme
d)
allusion 
13.

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

a)

The child's eyes shined as bright as the night sky.

b)

Ben's bent broom breaks

c)

A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling / My beautiful Annabel Lee;

d)

While the power forward explodes past them / in a fury, taking the ball into the air

14.

Which of the following is NOT a simile?

a)

The Lorax is as wise as a wizard.

b)

He loves his shoes / cloth like a sail / rubber like a sailboat on the rough sea

c)

A hook shot kisses the rim / and hangs there, helplessly, but doesn't drop

d)

Letting the play develop in front of him, / in slow motion, almost exactly / like a coach's drawing on the blackboard

15.

Identify the poetic device used in the following quote below:


"Standing brave in the secret caves

We call to lost kids in the crowds."

a)

Internal Rhyme

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Slant Rhyme

d)

End Rhyme

16.

Identify the literary device:


The track stretched on forever.

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

17.

Identify the poetic device below:


"If love is like a bridge

or maybe like a grudge" (by Jordan Wolff)

a)

End rhyme

b)

Slant rhyme

c)

Internal rhyme

18.

Identify the literary device in the following example:

"Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul / And sings tunes with out words / And never stops at all"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

19.

What is the allusion?

If they keep pushing me, I'm going to turn into the Hulk.

a)

Keep pushing me

b)

Me

c)

Turn into

d)

The Hulk

20.

What is the meaning of the allusion?

Ask me anything, I'm like Google over here.

a)

I can search answers

b)

I know all the answers

c)

I don't know anything

d)

I have some answers

21.

What is a slant rhyme?

a)

The rhyme scheme of a poem.

b)

When two words loosely rhyme.

c)

When the last words of each line in a poem rhyme.

d)

Poetry that is written with no rhyme scheme.

22.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.
a)
Musical
b)
Old-fashioned
c)
Important
d)
Difficult
24.
An emotional feeling or the atmosphere the writer creates in or for the READER
a)
tone 
b)
mood
c)
hyperbole
d)
symbolism