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Rhyme Alliteration Onomatopoeia

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese is an example of ________________.
a)
assonance
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
2.
Boom! 
Woof.
Crash!
Splash.
Oink.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
idiom
3.

Definition:

The repetition of sounds in the beginning of words.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Symbol

c)

Assonance

d)

Rhythm

4.
Definition:
The use of words that imitate sounds
a)
Simile
b)
Imagery
c)
Onomatopoeia 
d)
Repetition 
5.

Definition:

The repetition of similar consonant sounds in the middle or end of a series of words

a)

Consonance

b)

Repetition

c)

Symbol

d)

Rhyme

6.
Definition:
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
a)
Personification
b)
Repetition
c)
Rhyme
d)
Hyperbole
7.
Definition:
The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
a)
Imagery
b)
Assonance 
c)
Rhythm 
d)
Symbol 
8.
What type of Sound Device?
From somewhere far beyond, the flag of fate's caprice unfurled,
a)
Imagery
b)
Alliteration
c)
Assonance
d)
Rhythm
9.
What type of Sound Device?

The buzzing bee flew away.
a)
Imagery 
b)
Consonance
c)
Rhyme
d)
Onomatopoeia 
10.
What is assonance?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
11.
What is consonance?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
12.
I balked when I saw the tall cop in the hall; I knew he was looking for you.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
What did you do this time?!
13.

What is the difference between repetition and alliteration?

a)

alliteration is repeated words; repetition is sounds

b)

repetition is repeated words or phrases, alliteration is sounds

c)

One starts with an r, one starts with an a.

d)

If every poem you write is "que sera, sera," it doesn't matter.

14.

A blue, new moon rose high in the sky, casting a subdued hue over the school.

a)

consonance

b)

assonance

c)

imagery

d)

creepy