Poetic Devices Practice Quiz

What is NOT a purpose of poetic devices?

• Enhance meaning

• Create rhythm

• Confuse the reader

• Evoke emotions

What is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• End rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

Which poetic device involves the repetition of vowel sounds?

• Consonance

• Assonance

• End rhyme

• Refrain

What is the difference between consonance and alliteration?

• Alliteration is only at the beginning of words, while consonance can be anywhere

• Consonance only happens at the beginning of words

• Alliteration is a type of rhyme scheme

• There is no difference

What is a rhyme scheme?

• The repetition of consonant sounds

• A pattern of rhymes in a poem

• The repeating of a word or phrase

• A four-line stanza

What is an example of internal rhyme?

• “Jack Sprat could eat no fat.”

• “Roses are red, violets are blue.”

• “She always had to burn a light, beside her attic bed at night.”

• “Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore.’”

Which of the following is NOT one of the five senses used in imagery?

• Sight

• Taste

• Emotion

• Sound

What poetic device uses words that sound like what they mean?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Rhyme scheme

What is a refrain?

• A group of lines in a poem

• A four-line stanza

• A repeated line or phrase in a poem

• A pattern of syllables

What is a quatrain?

• A two-line stanza

• A four-line stanza

• A six-line stanza

• A pattern of beats in a poem