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Poetic Devices with Video

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
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1.

Which poetic device is used in the following sentence?


Toby was as strong as an ox.

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

allusion

2.

Identify which poetic device is used in the sentence below:


The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

assonance

3.

The repetition of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of a group of words is called:

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

allusion

d)

anthropomorphism

4.

A figure of speech where exaggeration is used for effect or to stress a point...

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

hyperbole

c)

irony

d)

oxymoron

5.

A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing...

a)

allusion

b)

personification

c)

symbolism

d)

onomatopoeia

6.

The sentence "She is a walking dictionary." is an example of:

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

oxymoron

7.

What is personification?

a)

The same sound being repeated

b)

A word that is a sound

c)

An exaggeration

d)

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

8.

What structure is poetry written in?

a)

lines and stanzas

b)

sentences and stanzas

c)

lines and paragraphs

d)

sentences and paragraphs

9.

The pattern that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry is called a poem's...

a)

couplet

b)

limerick

c)

rhyme scheme

d)

triplet

10.

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?


They put me in the oven to bake.

Me, a deprived and miserable cake.

Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.

Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.

-"The Life of a Cupcake", by Shelby Greer

a)

rhythm

b)

assonance

c)

AABB

d)

personification

11.

Which two poetic devices does the following contain:


You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch

You really are a heel

You're as cuddly as a cactus

You're as charming as an eel


-"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"

a)

allusion and symbolism

b)

simile and allusion

c)

metaphor and symbolism

d)

simile and metaphor

12.

Which poetic device do the following lyrics feature?


I feel glorious, glorious

Got a chance to start again

I was born for this, born for this

It's who I am, how could I forget?


-Macklemore, "Glorious"

a)

oxymoron

b)

repetition

c)

couplet

d)

stanza

13.

When a phrase, clause, or sentence in a line of poetry doesn't finish at the line break, but spills over into the next line, it's called...

a)

imagery

b)

end rhyme

c)

enjambment

d)

irony

14.

Not to be confused with alliteration, according to this poetic device, the consonant sounds can be repeated anywhere in the word...


Ex. Shelley sells seashells by the seashore.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

end rhyme

c)

assonance

d)

consonance

15.

"All's fair in love and war" is an example of which poetic device where two things are placed near each other to bring out their differences?

a)

juxtaposition

b)

enjambment

c)

figurative language

d)

hyperbole

16.

If you are using figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas to appeal to your reader's senses, your poetry is full of...

a)

couplets

b)

imagery

c)

a sonnet

d)

idioms

17.

This device allows a writer or poet to add a double layer of meaning to their work as shown below. (Note how the author uses ___________ when she uses 'light' to represent hope and happiness.)


A light exists in Spring

Not present on the year

At any other period-

When March is scarcely here

-Emily Dickinson

a)

symbolism

b)

personification

c)

rhythm

d)

sonnet

18.

The beat or pace of a poem can be described as its...

a)

rate

b)

repetition

c)

rhythm

d)

speaker

19.

This device makes a very quick reference to a person, place, thing, event from history, another piece of literature or text. Here's some 80s TV Trivia for you too...


Ex. “Now who’s the boss? Not Tony Danza.” -Malik B of the Roots

a)

irony

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

20.

The 'voice' a poet uses when writing a poem or the character who tells the poem is called...

a)

the author

b)

the writer

c)

the contestant

d)

the speaker