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WorksheetsPoetic Techniques: Yrs 7 - 8
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
What technique is used when the same sound is repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence?
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Imagery
Which technique is used to repeat words or phrases for emphasis?
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Metaphor
Imagery
What is personification in literature?
Giving human characteristics to non-human objects or animals.
A word that sounds like the noise it represents.
The repetition of a particular word or phrase.
The atmosphere or feeling in a text.
What is onomatopoeia?
The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.
The main message of the story.
A word that sounds like the noise it represents.
The comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."
Which technique makes a comparison using "like" or "as"?
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
What is a metaphor in literature?
The personification of inanimate objects.
A rhyming couplet at the end of a poem.
The repetition of sounds.
The comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
Which 2 options mean the different sections of a poem?
Verse
Paragraph
Stanza
Rhyme
What poetic technique is used in the line "Grabbing the green stuff"?
(a)
What is the definition of rhythm?
The close repetition of consonant sounds within a poem
A story, poem, or other written work that can be interpreted to have a secondary meaning
The way that the words are used in order to create a 'beat' within the poem
The close repetition of vowel sounds within a poem
What is hyperbole?
When a writer attributes human quality to an animal, object or idea.
Strong exaggeration
When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’
the picture you imagine in your head while reading the poem.
What is the term for an object, person, or situation that has another meaning other than its literal meaning?
Symbol
Motif
Theme
Tone
Which language technique is the central idea or message in a literary work?
Theme
Symbol
Tone
Motif
What poetic device is this an example of ? "Her eyes were AS blue AS the sea"
alliteration
simile
consonance
metaphor
"Rays of sunshine danced through the trees." is an example of what poetic technique
personification
simile
metaphor
rhyme
In ___________________poems, the first letter of each line spells out a word or saying.
"Who Am I?"
acrostic
free verse
cinquain
"A wave of happiness swept over me" is ...
a metaphor
a simile
Using words to create a vivid picture, is called ...
Metaphor
Simile
Imagery
Comparing two things NOT USING "like" or "as", is ...
Imagery
Metaphor
Stanza
What technique is this: 'You start to freeze
As horror looks you right between your eyes'?
Simile
Alliteration
Rhyme
Personification
What technique is this: 'That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said, “Stay away from Juliet”'?
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Hyperbole
What technique is this: 'You’re gonna hear me roar!'?
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Rhyme
What technique is this: 'I’d catch a grenade for ya
Throw my hand on a blade for ya'?
Rhyme
Repetition
Hyperbole
Personification
