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Poetic Techniques: Yrs 7 - 8

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What technique is used when the same sound is repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence?

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

2.

Which technique is used to repeat words or phrases for emphasis?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Repetition

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

3.

What is personification in literature?

a)

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects or animals.

b)

A word that sounds like the noise it represents.

c)

The repetition of a particular word or phrase.

d)

The atmosphere or feeling in a text.

4.

What is onomatopoeia?

a)

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.

b)

The main message of the story.

c)

A word that sounds like the noise it represents.

d)

The comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."

5.

Which technique makes a comparison using "like" or "as"?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Onomatopoeia

6.

What is a metaphor in literature?

a)

The personification of inanimate objects.

b)

A rhyming couplet at the end of a poem.

c)

The repetition of sounds.

d)

The comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as."

7.

Which 2 options mean the different sections of a poem?

a)

Verse

b)

Paragraph

c)

Stanza

d)

Rhyme

8.

What poetic technique is used in the line "Grabbing the green stuff"?

(a)  

9.

What is the definition of rhythm?

a)

The close repetition of consonant sounds within a poem

b)

A story, poem, or other written work that can be interpreted to have a secondary meaning

c)

The way that the words are used in order to create a 'beat' within the poem

d)

The close repetition of vowel sounds within a poem

10.

What is hyperbole?

a)

When a writer attributes human quality to an animal, object or idea.

b)

Strong exaggeration

c)

When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

d)

the picture you imagine in your head while reading the poem.

11.

What is the term for an object, person, or situation that has another meaning other than its literal meaning?

a)

Symbol

b)

Motif

c)

Theme

d)

Tone

12.

Which language technique is the central idea or message in a literary work?

a)

Theme

b)

Symbol

c)

Tone

d)

Motif

13.

What poetic device is this an example of ? "Her eyes were AS blue AS the sea"

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

consonance

d)

metaphor

14.

"Rays of sunshine danced through the trees." is an example of what poetic technique

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

rhyme

15.
All are found in poetry except...
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
stanza
d)
paragraphs
16.

In ___________________poems, the first letter of each line spells out a word or saying.

a)

"Who Am I?"

b)

acrostic

c)

free verse

d)

cinquain

17.

"A wave of happiness swept over me" is ...

a)

a metaphor

b)

a simile

18.

Using words to create a vivid picture, is called ...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Imagery

19.

Comparing two things NOT USING "like" or "as", is ...

a)

Imagery

b)

Metaphor

c)

Stanza

20.

What technique is this: 'You start to freeze

As horror looks you right between your eyes'?

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Rhyme

d)

Personification

21.

What technique is this: 'That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles

And my daddy said, “Stay away from Juliet”'?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

22.

What technique is this: 'You’re gonna hear me roar!'?

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Rhyme

23.

What technique is this: 'I’d catch a grenade for ya

Throw my hand on a blade for ya'?

a)

Rhyme

b)

Repetition

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification