WorksheetsPoetry & Literary Elements
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Poetry can break traditional grammar rules.
True
False
Poems have...
Stanzas
Paragraphs
Prose has...
Stanzas
Paragraphs
Poems have...
Sentences
Lines
Prose has...
Sentences
Lines
What are literary elements or literary devices?
They are writing techniques that create special effects.
They are spooky monsters.
They are grammar rules.
They are essays.
What is alliteration?
The repetition of consonant sounds.
The repetition of vowel sounds
A comparison using "like" or "as"
A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"
What is assonance?
The repetition of consonant sounds
The repetition of vowel sounds - long or short
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Giving a nonhuman things human characteristics
What is a symbol?
Giving a nonhuman thing human characteristics
A picture that represents a big idea
Description that appeals to the five senses
Downplaying or making something seem less important
What is onomatopoeia?
Description that appeals to the five senses
A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"
Words that sound like what they are (often noises)
A picture that represents a big idea
What is rhyme?
The repetition of consonant sounds
When two words sound the same
A picture that represents a big idea
Words that sound like what they are (often noises)
What is personification?
Giving nonhuman things human characteristics
When two words sound the same
An exaggeration
The repetition of vowel sounds
What is hyperbole?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
The repetition of vowel sounds
A picture that represents a big idea
An exaggeration
What is a simile?
A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"
Words that sound the same
A comparison using "like" or "as"
An exaggeration
What is a metaphor?
An exaggeration
A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Giving nonhuman things human characteristics
What is understatement?
The opposite of hyperbole
An exaggeration
Downplaying or making something seem less important
The opposite of alliteration
What is assonance?
The opposite of alliteration
The opposite of hyperbole
The opposite of simile
The opposite of metaphor
What is imagery?
Taste, touch, sight, sound, smell
Description that appeals to the five senses.
Downplaying or making something seem less important
Playing pretend
What is an allusion
When you avoid paying your taxes
A reference
A reptile
A trick a magician does
Can literary elements be taken literally?
Generally, yes
Generally, no
Why do poets and writers use literary elements?
To make writing more creative
To make writing more unique
To make writing more fun
All answers are correct.
Are songs poems?
Yes
No
Someone who writes a poem is called a...
Author
Poet
Someone who writes a story or an article is called an
Author
Poet
Essays, stories, and articles must follow traditional grammar rules.
True
False
