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Poetry Devices Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Basic definition of two words that sound alike

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

rhyme

2.

Comparison of two unlike things using like or as

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

puns

3.

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

a)

onamatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

alliteration

d)

rhyme

4.

Comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idioms

5.

Assigning human qualities to non-human objects

a)

personification

b)

puns

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

hyperbole

6.

Expressions that have a meaning apart from the meaning of the individual words

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

idioms

c)

puns

d)

hyperbole

7.

The overall feeling a text creates

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

mood

d)

idioms

8.

Words that imitate sounds

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

hyperbole

c)

rhyme

d)

puns

9.

An exaggerated statement

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

10.

Words with a humorous double meaning

a)

idioms

b)

puns

c)

mood

d)

rhyme

11.

You could have knocked me over with a feather.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

12.

The locomotive sputtered like a whale.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

idiom

13.

Superman represents goodness and justice.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

symbol

d)

idiom

14.

Now begins the cry of the guitar.

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

simile

15.

Ten thousand daffodils saw I at a glance/ Tossing their heads in a spritely dance.

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

16.

Sarah's reply was as sharp as an icicle.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

mood

d)

metaphor

17.

All the world's a stage/ And all the men and women are merely players.

a)

metaphor

b)

personfication

c)

simile

d)

rhyme

18.

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.

a)

angry

b)

sad

c)

joyful

d)

urgent

19.

Tommy Taylor told two tall tales on Tuesday.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

20.

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.

a)

ABCAAB

b)

AABCCD

c)

AABBCC

d)

AABBBC