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WorksheetsPoetic Devices Review SI
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 2hrs 58mins
What is a poem?
A type of writing that uses words in a special way to share ideas, feelings, or stories
A list of facts about a topic
A scientific experiment
A type of food
What does "literal" mean?
Using figures of speech
Exactly true, rather than figurative
An extreme exaggeration
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Which term means "extreme exaggeration"?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Idiom
Alliteration
What is an idiom?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
A common expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally
Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words
Giving human qualities to an object
What is alliteration?
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words
Giving human qualities to an animal
An extreme exaggeration
What does personification mean?
Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
A comparison using "like" or "as"
A type of poem
An extreme exaggeration
Which term describes a comparison using "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Idiom
What is a metaphor?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
An extreme exaggeration
Repetition of sounds
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
The wind whispered softly
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
She is as fast as a cheetah
The classroom was a zoo
Which sentence contains a hyperbole?
The leaves danced in the wind
I have a million things to do today
He is as brave as a lion
The sun smiled down on us
Which of these is an example of personification?
The car roared to life
She is as busy as a bee
He ran faster than the wind
It was raining cats and dogs
Which of the following is an idiom?
The stars danced in the sky
Break a leg!
He is a shining star
She is as cool as a cucumber
Which sentence uses a metaphor?
The classroom was a zoo
He is as tall as a giraffe
The wind howled
She ran like the wind
Which of the following is a simile?
The moon was a ghostly galleon
She sings like a bird
The thunder grumbled angrily
Time is a thief
If a poem says, "The sun smiled down on us," which poetic device is being used?
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Idiom
A student reads the phrase "He has a heart of stone." What does this metaphor suggest about the person?
He is very kind
He is very strong
He is unfeeling or cold
He is very healthy
Read the sentence: "She was drowning in a sea of homework." Which poetic device is used, and what does it mean?
Simile; she is swimming in water
Metaphor; she has a lot of homework
Hyperbole; she has no homework
Idiom; she is at the beach
A poem says, "Lightning danced across the sky." Which device is used, and why?
Personification; lightning is given the human action of dancing
Alliteration; the 'd' sound is repeated
Simile; it compares lightning to a dancer
Hyperbole; it exaggerates the storm
If someone says, "It's raining cats and dogs," what does this idiom mean?
There are animals falling from the sky
It is raining very heavily
It is not raining at all
There are pets outside
A poet writes, "Sally silently slipped on the soft sand." Which poetic device is being used, and how does it affect the poem?
Alliteration; it creates a musical effect
Simile; it compares Sally to sand
Metaphor; it shows Sally is soft
Hyperbole; it exaggerates Sally's actions
giving an object human-like qualities
anthropomorphization
mood
onomatopoeia
personification
This is an example of:
Her ate a million hot dogs at the picnic.
"My book bag weighs a ton" is a -
metaphor
hyperbole
oxymoron
personification
Which of the following sentences contains a hyperbole?
The leaves whispered in the wind
The clock ticked loudly
I have a mountain of homework tonight
She is as quiet as a mouse
"The wind sang a gentle song through the trees." Which poetic device is used here?
Alliteration
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Which of these is an example of a simile?
He is a rock in tough times
The alarm clock screamed at me
The clouds are cotton balls in the sky
She is as graceful as a swan
"Figurative" means...
using figures of speech; symbolic, not literal
Which poetic device is used in the sentence: "Time flew by as we played"?
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
"Her smile was as bright as the sun." What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Idiom
Which sentence is an example of an idiom?
She ran like the wind
He kicked the bucket
The dog barked loudly
The stars twinkled in the sky
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
Any direction you choose.
AABA
ABCB
AABB
ABCD
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
The coolness of the night
Refreshes my skin.
The stars shine so bright,
Causing me to grin.
ABAB
AABB
ABCA
ABAC
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
There once was a big brown cat
that liked to eat a lot of mice.
He got all round and fat
because they tasted so nice.
ABCD
ABAB
ABBA
AABC
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem excerpt?
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
ABAAB
ABCAB
ABBBC
ABBAB
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem excerpt?
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
ABCBDA
ABABCB
ABACDE
ABABCC
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
How do you tell a poem's rhyme scheme?
The rhythm of a poem.
Rhymes occurring inside the lines of a poem.
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem (marked with the alphabet)
The "paragraph" of a poem.
Rhyme scheme is the pattern of _______ that comes at the end of each line or stanza in poetry
repeating
rhyme scheme
rhyming
sounds
Rhyming words sound the same _______
at the end of the word.
at the beginning of the word.
because they are the same.
but mean different things.
True or False: Rhyming words sound the same AND look the same at the end.
True, they look AND sound the same.
False, they look the same, but they sound different.
False, they sound the same, but they can look different.
Which answer below is an example of an onomatopoeia?
The trees danced in the wind.
He is as tall as a tree!
BUZZ!
It is raining cats and dogs outside.
Which answer below is an example of an alliteration?
Danny walked his dog at the park.
We walked to the store yesterday.
My mom helped me with my homework.
Gary grumpily gathered the garbage.
What is the meaning of the allusion?
My brother is a regular Einstein! He always seems to know the answer!
His brother is unintelligent
His brother works hard
His brother is intelligent
His brother is lazy
What is the meaning of the allusion?
My friend was being a total Scrooge when I asked her to share her M&Ms.
Not wanting to share
Excited about sharing
Throwing them all away
Counting the M&Ms
What is the allusion?
If they keep pushing me, I'm going to turn into the Hulk.
Keep pushing me
Me
Turn into
The Hulk
What does the word "ALLUSION" mean?
hinting at events that will happen later in the story
citing evidence word-for-word, with quotation marks and page numbers
reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea of significance
clearly stating the meaning of a word
