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Sound Devices in Poetry

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of neighboring words.

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

connotation

d)

consonance

2.

Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

consonance

d)

connotation

3.

Repetition of consonant sounds in neighboring words

a)

connotation

b)

couplet

c)

consonance

d)

assonance

4.

This refers to the repetition of the same sound of a letter at the beginning of a group of words.

a)

Consonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

5.

It refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within or at the end of a sentence or phrase.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

6.

Which sound device is this sentence an example of? "Johnny went here, there and everywhere."

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

7.

The example highlighted below is an example of?
They boy with the toy had so much joy.

a)

assonance

b)

connsonance

c)

allieration

d)

none

8.

Is this statement "Mommy made me mash my m&m's", an alliteration?

a)

Yes

b)

No

9.

What sound device is this an example of? "The zoo was amazing, especially the lizards and chimpanzees."

a)

Assonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Alliteration

10.

Which sound device is this sentence using? "Mammals named Sam are clammy."

a)

Consonance

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

11.

Which sound device is being used in this sentence? "Sheep should sleep in a shed."

a)

Consonance

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

12.

What sound device is being used in this sentence? "The light of the fire is a sight."

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonace

13.

A type of rhyme when two or more words, close to one another, repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.

a)

Consonance

b)

Assonance

14.

Alliteration is:

a)

Giving human qualities to an object or animal.

b)

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

c)

The writer's attitude toward the subject or audience.

d)

A number of words, having the same first consonant sound, that occur close together in a series.

15.

Which sound device involves the repetition of the same consonant sound at the end of words or within words?

a)

A) Alliteration

b)

B) Assonance

c)

C) Consonance

d)

D) Onomatopoeia