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WorksheetsPoetic Devices consolidation
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 18mins
What poetic device is used in 'The gracious green grass grew quickly.'?
rhyme
repetition
symbolism
alliteration
What poetic device is used in 'The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum.'?
rhyme
personification
repetition
onomatopoeia
What poetic device is used in 'The bridge collapsed creating a tremendous boom.'?
alliteration
imagery
onomatopoeia
metaphor
What poetic device is used in 'Hatred was spreading everywhere, blood was being spilled everywhere, wars were breaking out everywhere.'?
alliteration
symbolism
repetition
simile
What poetic device is used in 'Please put away your paints and practice the piano.'?
imagery
alliteration
personification
rhyme
Donations to the charity were a tsunami.
rhyme
imagery
metaphor
repetition
What poetic device is used in 'She has a smile like the sun.'?
alliteration
simile
metaphor
personification
The ocean swallowed me.
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
Sheep should sleep in a shed
Alliteration
Metaphor
Personification
Repetition
She looked to the left, she looked to the right, she looked straight ahead.
Repetition
Personification
Rhyme
metaphor
You are as brave as a lion.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Rhyme
Ticktock, ticktock… the sound of the clock was all that could be heard in the hospital waiting room.
onomatepoeia
personalification
simile
metaphor
Quack, quack went the ducks as we threw them our stale bread.
onomatopoeia
personalification
simile
metaphor
The sentence "She is a walking dictionary." is an example of:
personification
metaphor
simile
oxymoron
What is personification?
The same sound being repeated
A word that is a sound
An exaggeration
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?
They put me in the oven to bake.
Me, a deprived and miserable cake.
Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.
Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.
-"The Life of a Cupcake", by Shelby Greer
rhythm
assonance
AABB
personification
The pattern that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry is called a poem's...
couplet
limerick
rhyme scheme
triplet
Which poetic device do the following lyrics feature?
I feel glorious, glorious
Got a chance to start again
I was born for this, born for this
It's who I am, how could I forget?
-Macklemore, "Glorious"
oxymoron
repetition
couplet
stanza
The repetition of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of a group of words is called:
alliteration
assonance
allusion
anthropomorphism
A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing...
allusion
personification
symbolism
onomatopoeia
What structure is poetry written in?
lines and stanzas
sentences and stanzas
lines and paragraphs
sentences and paragraphs
They fought like cats and dogs.
alliteration
metaphor
simile
personification
What poetic device is used in 'Tom's eyes were ice as he stared at her.'?
metaphor
simile
rhyme
personification
The river moaned as it danced across the rocks.
The car raced down the road like a rocket.
main idea or central purpose of a work
refrain
stanza
mood
theme
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
The author most likely uses repetition at the end of this poem to highlight...
What do I have to watch him for?
"Please include him in your play."
Mom asks so nice, what can I say?
Which word best describes how the speaker feels about his brother?
I'm getting dressed inside
my sleeping bag.
I wriggle, scootch,
scruntch, and jiggle.Flop
Front flips, back flips-
I'm a caterpillar in a cozy cloth cocoon
that zips.
What poetic device did the author use in the green lines?
