Poetry Terms Practice: Sound Devices

Damian eventually figured out those weird squeaks and pops were coming from the old radiator pipes.

What sound device is used in this sentence?

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Sibilance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

What sound device is used in this sentence?

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

What is the rhyme scheme?

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Couldn't put Humpty together again

• ABCC

• AB

• AABB

• ABAB

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Tiffany unfurled the frayed, moth-eaten cloth she'd gotten from the flea market.

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Sibilance

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

What is the rhyme scheme?

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.

• ABCB

• AABB

• ABCC

• ABCD

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which line has internal rhyme?

The trees whispered secrets in the gentle breeze.

The evening sky filled with the colors of dusk.

The sun spun down, a golden crown in twilight's glow.
A lone bird drifted silently into the coming night's embrace.

• Line 1

• Line 2

• Line 3

• Line 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word rhymes with "tame"?

• time

• braid

• mate

• claim

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RF.K.2A

What do sound devices do in a poem?

• They contribute to the poem's rhythm and mood.

• They establish the poem's characters and setting.

• They indicate stanza breaks.

• They provide important background information.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Both assonance and consonance are sound devices that involve . . .

• repetition

• long vowel sounds

• musical instruments

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

In the meadow where ____________,
A gentle breeze whispers low,
The sun dips down, painting the sky
And stars begin glow.

Fill in the blank to create an ABAB rhyme scheme.

• swallowtails fly

• bluebells grow

• foxes play

• thistles smile

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4