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WorksheetsLongos Lovely Quiz
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Alliteration is a literary device that involves the repetition of which of the following?
Vowel sounds
Consonant sounds
Words
Phrases
Antithesis is a literary device that involves the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.
A literary device involving repetition
A literary device involving contrasting ideas
A literary device involving rhyme
A literary device involving alliteration
An apostrophe in poetry is:
a punctuation mark used to indicate possession
a figure of speech where the poet addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing
a type of stanza in a poem
a rhyme scheme used in sonnets
What is assonance?
A type of rhyme where the same vowel sounds are repeated.
A figure of speech involving exaggeration.
A literary device that uses contradictory statements.
A form of metaphor that compares two unlike things.
A couplet is:
a pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length
a single line of verse
a stanza of four lines
a poem with no rhyme scheme
An eye rhyme is a type of rhyme where the words have similar spelling but different pronunciation. Which of the following is an example of an eye rhyme?
Love and move
Cat and hat
Sky and high
Book and look
What is hyperbole?
A figure of speech involving exaggeration
A type of mathematical equation
A form of government
A style of painting
Internal rhyme is a literary device where a rhyme occurs within a single line of verse.
A rhyme at the end of a line
A rhyme within a single line
A rhyme in the middle of a stanza
A rhyme at the beginning of a line
A metaphor is a figure of speech that:
compares two unlike things directly
uses 'like' or 'as' to compare
describes a sound
is a type of alliteration
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated. Which of the following is an example of metonymy?
The White House issued a statement.
The cat's out of the bag.
Time is money.
Break a leg.
Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents. Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
Tree
Buzz
Car
House
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?
Jumbo shrimp
Bitter sweet
Deafening silence
All of the above
What is personification?
A figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas.
A type of poem.
A form of argument.
A historical event.
What is a simile?
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'
A type of metaphor
A form of hyperbole
A type of alliteration
Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
A type of metaphor
A figure of speech where a part represents the whole
A form of irony
A type of alliteration
Zoomorphism is:
the attribution of animal characteristics to humans or objects
the study of animal behavior
a type of animal sculpture
a method of animal classification
What are the types of sonnets?
Petrarchan and Shakespearean
Haiku and Limerick
Ballad and Epic
Ode and Elegy
A Petrarchan Sonnet is a type of poem that consists of how many lines?
12 lines
14 lines
16 lines
18 lines
A Shakespearean Sonnet is a type of poem. Which of the following best describes its structure?
14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme
A narrative poem with no fixed structure
A poem with 12 lines and a couplet
A free verse poem with no rhyme scheme
