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Identifying Poetic Devices

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

And I'm so sick of love songs, so tired of tears

So done with wishing you were still here

Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow

So why can't I turn off the radio?

"So Sick" by Ne-Yo

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Onomatopoeia

2.

"Plan ahead: it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark," is an example of ___

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

allusion

3.

Identify the figurative language used in the following line:

The dress was a sparkling red as it reflected light from every angle. Penelope thought the dress must be the color of Dorothy's slippers.

a)

theme

b)

metaphor

c)

irony

d)

allusion

4.

When your parents hear about your new plan to make money, it's going to sink like Titanic.

a)

idiom

b)

allusion

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

5.

Identify the sound device used in the following line:

I try to find my guy when I glide and stride all night.

a)

repetition

b)

assonance

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

6.

Identify the sound device in the following line:

"The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain"

a)

assonance

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

7.

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)

hyperbole

b)

rhyme

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

8.

Which of these is an example of hyperbole?

a)

You'll find the high flyers who fly to great heights"

b)

"You've got brains in your head, you've got feet in your shoes"

c)

You'll find the bright places where boom bands are playing"

d)

"Kid, you'll move mountains"

9.

Identify the type of poetic device below:

"I have died everyday, waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more"

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

symbol

d)

personification

10.

Identify the poetic device below:

"Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words

froze solid before they could be heard.

People had to wait until sunup to find out what folds

were talking about the night before"

a)

idiom

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

symbol

11.

Identify the poetic device:

"The butter dripped from the boiled stalk of corn on the cob

as tendrils of steam curled tantalizingly up toward my nostrils

as I sank my pearly white teeth into the juicy,

yet crisp yellow kernels"

a)

imagery

b)

idioms

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

12.

Identify the literary device:

The traffic cop got his license suspended due to unpaid parking tickets.

a)

imagery

b)

simile

c)

symbol

d)

irony

13.

Identify the poetic device:

"Your love is a symphony

All around me'

Running through me

Your love is a melody

Underneath me

Running to me"

"Your Love is a Song" by Switchfoot

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

14.

Identify the metaphor

a)

My heart is a muscle necessary for pumping blood.

b)

My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.

c)

My hear was a bucket full of joy after all the compliments.

d)

My heart is the size of my fist.

15.

Identify the poetic device:

"She is a walking dictionary"

a)

idiom

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

16.

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

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

rhyme

d)

personification

17.

"Donations to the charity were a tsunami" is an example of ...

a)

rhyme

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

repetition

18.

What is the "mood" of a poem or story?

a)

The time and place of the story

b)

Emotions the reader feels from the words of the poem/story

c)

The summary of the story/poem

d)

The lesson the reader learns about life

19.

"Mrs. Whatsit continued to climb, her wings straining a little. Meg felt her heart racing; cold sweat began to gather on her face and lips. She began to gasp" Which words create the mood?

a)

straining

b)

cold sweat

c)

lips

d)

gasp

20.

Choose the onomatopoeic word: "Sara was doing the dishes and the cleaning pots awoke the baby"

a)

pots

b)

dishes

c)

clanging

d)

awoke

21.

Find the poetic device:

"How many times do I have to tell you

Even when you're crying you're beautiful too

The world is beating you down, I'm around through every move"

a)

personification

b)

repetition

c)

simile

d)

allusion

22.

Identify the figurative language:

When she walks through the store, each shiny pair of high heels calls out to her.

a)

allusion

b)

simile

c)

irony

d)

personification

23.

Identify the poetic device:

"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"

a)

rhyme

b)

metaphor

c)

imagery

d)

repetition

24.

Identify the poetic device:

"Once upon a midnight dreary,

while I pondered, weak and weary"

a)

rhyme

b)

simile

c)

repetition

d)

allusion

25.

Identify the poetic device:

"I said, Listen,

Before I'd pay

I'd go to Hades

And rot away!"

a)

allusion

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor