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Poetic Devices & Song 7I (PART 1)

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

imagery

d)

alliteration

2.

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

anaphora

c)

hyperbole

d)

alliteration

3.

"You have a heart of gold" is an example of what poetic device?

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

anaphora

d)

metaphor

4.

What poetic device is Elvis Presley using in this song?

"You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog

Quit snoopin’ ’round my door

You can wag your tail

But I ain’t gonna feed you no more."

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

imagery

5.

What poetic device gives human traits to non-human things?

a)

personification

b)

imagery

c)

rhyme

d)

simile

6.

This is an example of what poetic device?

a)

imagery

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

7.

The type of repetition that happens at the beginning of a line or phrase

a)

rhyme

b)

alliteration

c)

anaphora

d)

simile

8.

What poetic device is Frank SInatra using in these lines? "I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king"

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

simile

9.

"Like a moth to the flame, burned by the fire" is what poetic device

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

anaphora

10.
poetry that has no regular rhythm, meter, rhyme, or structure
a)
free verse 
b)
ode
c)
haiku
d)
prose
11.

A stanza is similar to a(n):

a)

Essay

b)

Paragraph

c)

Line

12.

The days crept by slowly, sorrowfully

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Imagery

13.
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 
14.

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

15.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
16.

A central message or insight about life that sits at the center of each poem

(a)  

17.

the structure of poetry

a)

sentences & paragraphs

b)

sentences & stanzas

c)

lines & paragraphs

d)

lines & stanzas

18.
What is assonance?
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
19.
I balked when I saw the tall cop in the hall; I knew he was looking for you.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
What did you do this time?!
20.
When she put milk on the cereal it went snap, crackle, pop!
a)
Rhyme
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
21.

An object, person, or idea that represents something beyond itself.

(a)