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Poetic Devices consolidation

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What poetic device is used in 'The gracious green grass grew quickly.'?

a)

rhyme

b)

repetition

c)

symbolism

d)

alliteration

2.

What poetic device is used in 'The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum.'?

a)

rhyme

b)

personification

c)

repetition

d)

onomatopoeia

3.

What poetic device is used in 'The bridge collapsed creating a tremendous boom.'?

a)

alliteration

b)

imagery

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

4.

What poetic device is used in 'Hatred was spreading everywhere, blood was being spilled everywhere, wars were breaking out everywhere.'?

a)

alliteration

b)

symbolism

c)

repetition

d)

simile

5.

What poetic device is used in 'Please put away your paints and practice the piano.'?

a)

imagery

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

rhyme

6.

Donations to the charity were a tsunami.

a)

rhyme

b)

imagery

c)

metaphor

d)

repetition

7.

What poetic device is used in 'She has a smile like the sun.'?

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

8.

The ocean swallowed me.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

9.

Sheep should sleep in a shed

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Repetition

10.

She looked to the left, she looked to the right, she looked straight ahead.

a)

Repetition

b)

Personification

c)

Rhyme

d)

metaphor

11.

You are as brave as a lion.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Rhyme

12.

Ticktock, ticktock… the sound of the clock was all that could be heard in the hospital waiting room.

a)

onomatepoeia

b)

personalification

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

13.

Quack, quack went the ducks as we threw them our stale bread.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personalification

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

14.

The sentence "She is a walking dictionary." is an example of:

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

oxymoron

15.

What is personification?

a)

The same sound being repeated

b)

A word that is a sound

c)

An exaggeration

d)

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

16.

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

a)

rhythm

b)

assonance

c)

AABB

d)

personification

17.

The pattern that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry is called a poem's...

a)

couplet

b)

limerick

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

triplet

18.

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"

a)

oxymoron

b)

repetition

c)

couplet

d)

stanza

19.

The repetition of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of a group of words is called:

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

allusion

d)

anthropomorphism

20.

A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing...

a)

allusion

b)

personification

c)

symbolism

d)

onomatopoeia

21.

What structure is poetry written in?

a)

lines and stanzas

b)

sentences and stanzas

c)

lines and paragraphs

d)

sentences and paragraphs

22.

They fought like cats and dogs.

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

personification

23.

What poetic device is used in 'Tom's eyes were ice as he stared at her.'?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

rhyme

d)

personification

24.
Identify which poetic device is used below:
The river moaned as it danced across the rocks.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Assonance
25.
Identify which poetic device is used below:
The car raced down the road like a rocket.
a)
Refrain
b)
Simile
c)
Assonance
d)
Alliteration
26.
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing to another using "like" or "as"
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
extended metaphor
d)
symbolism
27.

main idea or central purpose of a work

a)

refrain

b)

stanza

c)

mood

d)

theme

28.
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
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...
a)
That he doesn't want to travel any farther.
b)
That he doesn't know where he's headed. 
c)
How long the journey is ahead of him.
d)
How tired he is. 
29.
My baby brother's such a chore.
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?
a)
proud
b)
annoyed
c)
curious
d)
furious
30.
It's so cold outside
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?
a)
Similie
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Onomatopoeia