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WorksheetsPoetry Devices
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Snow is falling. Let's go play. Roads are icy. No school today!
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
2.
Slippery seals sleep silently on the sandy seashore.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
3.
Rain, rain, go away! Rain, rain, come back tomorrow.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
4.
Beautiful geese float on the lake. Little fish swim in their wake.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
5.
Drip, plop goes the rain. Splash! It falls on the ground.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
6.
Spring is flowers. Spring is rain. Spring is something new.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
7.
Happy birthday! Ice cream and cake. Ate too much and got a belly ache.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
8.
Some bashful bunnies are burrowing in the blackberry bushes.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
9.
When she put milk on the cereal it went snap, crackle, pop!
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
10.
The African alligator just ate some apples.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
11.
Bang! Pop! Fizz! Pow! I love watching fireworks!
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
12.
Sneaky fox wants to steal an egg. Hey little fox I've got your leg!
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
13.
After the beach I have sand in my shoes and sand in my hair and sand in my swimsuit.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
14.
Two terrifying tigers twitch their tails while they watch the water buffalo.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
15.
Dog goes, "Woof," cat says, "Meow," bird cries, "Tweet," and mouse can, "Squeak."
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
16.
Rain on the treetops. Rain on the grass. Rain in the puddles and rain on me.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
17.
What is alliteration?
a)
The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words
b)
the repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
d)
the repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song
18.
Why might alliteration be used?
a)
it sounds fun
b)
it makes the content memorable
c)
it plays to the brain's natural pattern-seeking strengths
d)
all of the above
19.
Big, bad Bernie Bean-Toes ate two banana bunches
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
why does Ms. Schleiden let her cat eat bananas?
20.
Chilly chicken children shivered with goosebumps
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
Do chickens get goosebumps or chickenbumps?
21.
A word that sounds like the noise it describes
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
assonance
d)
simile
22.
An exaggerated statement
a)
rhyme
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
23.
Describes something non-human with human qualities
a)
Internal Rhyme
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration
24.
Comparing using like or as
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
25.
Compares two different things saying the one is the other--does not use like or as to compare
a)
alliteration
b)
rhyme
c)
personification
d)
metaphor
26.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
The wind whipped the branches all around,
As the rain fell silently to the ground.
The wind whipped the branches all around,
As the rain fell silently to the ground.
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
rhyme (end rhyme)
d)
hyperbole
27.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
Her ate a million hot dogs at the picnic.
Her ate a million hot dogs at the picnic.
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
assonance
d)
simile
28.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
The black birddog boldly began to bark.
The black birddog boldly began to bark.
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
internal rhyme
29.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
The engine purred like a contented cat.
The engine purred like a contented cat.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
assonance
30.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
The morning sun smiled down on the children.
The morning sun smiled down on the children.
a)
rhyme
b)
assonance
c)
personification
d)
onomatopoeia
31.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
Her hair is a shimmering waterfall.
Her hair is a shimmering waterfall.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
rhyme
d)
metaphor
32.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
The leaves danced in the wind.
The leaves danced in the wind.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
rhyme
d)
alliteration
33.
BOOM! is a...
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
enjambment
d)
rhyme
34.
“Wicked Witch of the West” is
a)
Simile
b)
alliteration
c)
imagery
d)
assonance
35.
"If you have decided that you will go there, You will go there."
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
repetition
c)
enjambment
d)
rhyme
36.
the structure of poetry
a)
sentences & paragraphs
b)
sentences & stanzas
c)
lines & paragraphs
d)
lines & stanzas
37.
a unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem
a)
stanza
b)
line
c)
title
d)
tone
38.
the verbal expression of a sensory experience; created by details that appeal to the five senses
a)
tone
b)
diction
c)
imagery
d)
allusion
39.
how the reader feels while reading the piece of writing
a)
connotation
b)
denotation
c)
tone
d)
mood
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