Which of the following is an example of anaphora?

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...

Which of the following is alliteration?

I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.

Choose the correct example of personification.

She shivered in the cold, her branches shaking wildly.

How do you define imagery?

Writing using some or all of the five senses.

A comparison between two things using like, as or than.

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Poetic Techniques

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1
Which type of music relies on the internal vowel rhymes of assonance?
Rap
The Wiggles Greatest Hits
Disney Princess soundtracks
Country music
2
Which of the following is an example of anaphora?
"Oh, hello," he said. "Hello!" I screamed.
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...
She dreamed. The night was very, very cold.
3
Which of these examples is a metaphor?
My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations.
All the world's a stage and the men and women merely players
Baby, you're a firework...
1, 2 and 3
4
Hyperbole is ...
Exaggeration for effect.
A poem with five 4-line stanzas and a final rhyming couplet.
The very end of the poem, known as the "bole".
A poem written in the adventure genre.
5
How does a poet create a image?
All of the above.
By telling a story.
By using figurative language.
With imagery
6
What is a poem?
All of the above.
An echo, asking a shadow to dance.
A literary genre written in lines and stanzas.
A piece of writing created for its sound, beauty and meaning
7
How can a poet appeal directly to a reader?
Write about big issues in life.
Use second-person perspective.
All of the above.
Write creatively using a range of techniques and structures.
8
What is enjambment?
Run-on lines in poetry.
Punctuation at the end of lines in poetry.
When words get jammed up in a line of poetry.
Breaks in the middle of lines of poetry.
9
Do poems have to rhyme?
Yes
Maybe
No
Sometimes
10
Which of the following is alliteration?
The cat sat on the mat: drat.
There were two cars, on their way to Mars.
Eight ecstatic elephants ate eggs all day.
I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.
11
What is juxtaposition?
The position of rhyme at the end of lines.
The only technique used by Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
A comparison of opposites.
Two ideas side by side in a text.
12
With which accent should you pronounce enjambment?
American
French
New Zealand
Australian
13
Choose the correct example of personification.
The boy raced to school like a formula one car.
The person pranced in a pretty circle.
She shivered in the cold, her branches shaking wildly.
The dog licked its chops.
14
How do you define imagery?
Writing using some or all of the five senses.
The picture formed in a reader's mind.
A visual literacy term now used in creative writing.
A picture of a scene.
15
What is a simile?
An element on the periodic table.
A description of things that make the responder smile.
The same as a metaphor.
A comparison between two things using like, as or than.

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