Which one of these is personification

At the heart of the forest, the witch's hut crouched

Which one of these is assonance?

I must confess, in my quest I felt depressed and reckless

Which one of these is alliteration?

Gather the green leaves on the grass

Which one of these is a simile?

Last night I slept like a bag of spiders

Which one of these is the best definition of rhythm?

The use of rhyme, metre & form to create pattern in poetry

Which one of these is the correct definition of hyperbole?

Use of exaggeration in poetry or prose

Which one of these is a metaphor?

The millionaire was drowning in money

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A quick Quiz to revise figurative language for prose and poetry analysis in Year 8

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1
Which one of these is personification
At the heart of the forest, the witch's hut crouched
The stars were like fireflies
The clouds formed caligraphy in the sky
A red truck was parked in the clearing
2
When a word sounds the same as its meaning, it is called...
Assonance
Alliteration
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
3
What rhymes with cart?
Horse
Fart
Sandstorm
Fred
4
Which one of these is assonance?
I must confess, in my quest I felt depressed and reckless
A plague on both your houses
Seven sisters slept soundly on the sand
Do not ask for whom the bell tolls
5
Which one of these is a half-rhyme for heavy?
Meander
Bevvy
Spaghetti
Pine
6
Which one of these is alliteration?
Go and mow the lawn
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am with you in Rockland
Gather the green leaves on the grass
7
Which one of these is a simile?
Nick's nephew needed some new notebooks
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Last night I slept like a bag of spiders
Wherefore art thou Romeo?
8
Which one of these is the best definition of rhythm?
Iambic pentameter
The use of rhyme, metre & form to create pattern in poetry
The sound or tone of a poem
The rhythm of a poem
9
Which metre has five unstressed and five stressed syllables?
Iambic tetrameter
Iambic pentameter
Trochaic pentameter
Trochaic hexameter
10
When a line or phrase is repeated over several lines in a poem it is called...
Repetition
Alliteration
Assonance
Anaphora
11
In music, they are 'verses', in prose they are 'paragraphs'. What are they called in poetry?
Stanzas
Lines
Sonnets
Haiku
12
Which one of these is the correct definition of hyperbole?
When you get overexcited
Use of exaggeration in poetry or prose
When your space ship travels faster than light
When your blood sugar levels are too high
13
If a line had six stressed syllables it would be called...
Pentameter
Tetrameter
Hexameter
Trimeter
14
If a line had three stressed syllables it would be called...
Hexameter
Trimeter
Pentameter
Tetrameter
15
Which one of these is a metaphor?
Round the ragged rocks the ragged rascal ran
The millionaire was drowning in money
My love is like a red, red rose
The trees waved like hands

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