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Alliteration, Assonance & Consonance #3

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

Which detail from the excerpt contains alliteration?

a)

“sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand”

b)

“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame”

c)

“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame”

d)

“Mother of Exiles.”

2.

Which detail from the excerpt contains alliteration?

a)

“sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand”

b)

“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame”

c)

“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame”

d)

“Mother of Exiles.”

3.

Which detail from the excerpt contains alliteration?

a)

“sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand”

b)

“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame”

c)

“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame”

d)

“Mother of Exiles.”

4.

Which detail from the excerpt contains assonance?

a)

“I will be the gladdest”

b)

“Under the sun”

c)

“cliffs and clouds”

d)

“the grass rise”

5.

Which detail from the excerpt contains assonance?

a)

“I will be the gladdest”

b)

“Under the sun”

c)

“cliffs and clouds”

d)

“the grass rise”

6.

Which detail from the passage contains alliteration?

a)

“clapped happily”

b)

“knew it was the kite”

c)

“couldn’t be careless with this kite”

d)

“wait to race away”

7.

Which form of figurative speech is this an example of? Shelly sold sea shells by the sea shore.

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

8.

What is an alliteration?

a)

Words that sound like the noise something make.

b)

The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words.

c)

When an object or animal is given human characteristics.

9.

It refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within or at the end of a sentence or phrase.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

10.

Which sound device refers to the repitition of vowel sounds?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Consonance

c)

Assonance

11.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
They boy with the toy had so much joy.
a)
assonance
b)

connsonance

c)

allieration

d)

none

12.

Which sound device is this sentence using? "Mammals named Sam are clammy."

a)

Consonance

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

13.

Snivelling, snotty Snape slunk into the slimy dungeons.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

consonance

c)

assonance

d)

imagery

14.

Great, gregarious Gary from Gryffindor likes grapes.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

consonance

c)

assonance

d)

alliteration