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WorksheetsPoetry Devices Practice
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Basic definition of two words that sound alike
alliteration
simile
metaphor
rhyme
Comparison of two unlike things using like or as
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
puns
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
onamatopoeia
personification
alliteration
rhyme
Comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
idioms
Assigning human qualities to non-human objects
personification
puns
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
Expressions that have a meaning apart from the meaning of the individual words
onomatopoeia
idioms
puns
hyperbole
The overall feeling a text creates
hyperbole
metaphor
mood
idioms
Words that imitate sounds
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
rhyme
puns
An exaggerated statement
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
Words with a humorous double meaning
idioms
puns
mood
rhyme
You could have knocked me over with a feather.
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration
The locomotive sputtered like a whale.
metaphor
simile
personification
idiom
Superman represents goodness and justice.
metaphor
simile
symbol
idiom
Now begins the cry of the guitar.
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
Ten thousand daffodils saw I at a glance/ Tossing their heads in a spritely dance.
alliteration
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
Sarah's reply was as sharp as an icicle.
personification
simile
mood
metaphor
All the world's a stage/ And all the men and women are merely players.
metaphor
personfication
simile
rhyme
Select the mood: The farm was ringing with the clamor and noise of the gong; and they could see the laborers pouring out of the compound, pointing at the hills shouting excitedly. Soon they had all come up to the house, and Richard and old Stephen were giving them orders--Hurry, hurry, hurry.
angry
sad
joyful
urgent
Tommy Taylor told two tall tales on Tuesday.
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration
What is the correct rhyme scheme for the following:
And now (for I must rid my name of ruth)
Behooves me speak speak the truth
Touching thy cruelty and wickedness:
Not that they be not known; but ne'ertheless
I would give hate more stress
With them that feed on love in every sooth.
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