Poetic Devices Quiz

Alliteration involves:

• The use of the words like or as

• Rhyming words

• Repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of words

• An idea used to represent another

The sky was as black as velvet. What is this statement an example of?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Repetition

• Symbolism

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• A metaphor does not use the words like or as

• A simile does not use the words like or as

• There is no difference

• Metaphors always relate to colours

Saying that a dove is a reference to peace is an example of:

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Symbolism

The colour red can be symbolic of:

• A new day

• Anger

• Happiness

• Joy

The colour yellow can be symbolic of:

• Anger

• Happiness

• Night

• Hard times

Assonance involves:

• Symbols

• Colours

• Repeating vowel sounds

• Using like or as

Repetition is used to:

• Rhyme

• Emphasise an idea

• Repeat the title

• Use only words starting with A

Poems must always rhyme. True/false

• True

• False

She sells sea shells by the seashore. What device is this an example of?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Rhyme