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ELA_Unit 1_Lesson 1_Poetry Terms

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 'personification' mean as a literary technique?

4 lines
2.

What does 'alliteration' mean as a literary technique?

a)

Words in a sentence begin with similar sounds.

b)

Words in a sentence end with similar sounds.

c)

Words in a sentence have the same lettering.

d)

Words in a sentence have similar meanings.

3.

What is the difference between onomatopoeia and alliteration?

a)

Alliteration cannot create rhythm.

b)

Onomatopoeia is a specific type of word, whereas alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds.

c)

Alliteration does not utilise sound.

d)

All of the answers.

4.

Choose the onomatopoeia that best completes the sentence.

My ice-cream went _______ on the sidewalk.

a)

Crunch

b)

Fall

c)

Splat

d)

Drop

5.

The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the shelves.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Neither

6.

The giant's steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Neither

7.

"The sun smiled down on us."

This is an example of _________.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Onomatopoiea

8.

A particular type of literature, painting, music, film or other art form which has special characteristics. This is known as ________.

a)

Genre

b)

Stanza

c)

Theme

d)

Tone

9.

"If you see my dad in Heaven
He won't be hard to find.
He'll be the one to greet you first,
For he's a one-of-a-kind.”

What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?

a)

ABAB

b)

ABCB

c)

ACBC

d)

ABBA

10.

A group of lines separated by a line break in a poem are known as a __________.

a)

Group

b)

Paragraph

c)

Bunch

d)

Stanza

11.

A ______ is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a literary work.

a)

Tone

b)

Theme

c)

Stanza

d)

Voice

12.

The attitude or emotion conveyed by an author in their writing is known as the _______.

a)

Theme

b)

Voice

c)

Tone

d)

Symbol

13.

An authors way of expressing themselves, their POV and their personality reflected in the narrative make up the author's ______.

a)

Voice

b)

Theme

c)

Tone

d)

Genre