Literary Devices Quiz 1 Review

Question 1

Iambic, trochaic, or free verse? Spinning dreams from colored thread.

Accepted Answer

trochaic

Question 2

Iambic meter, trochaic meter, or free verse? The silence hides beneath our busy lives.

Accepted Answer

iambic

Question 3

Iambic, trochaic, or free verse? The ocean doesn't ask permissionbefore it comes to your feet.

Accepted Answer

free verse

Question 4

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: Quickly careening kites cause corruption.

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 5

Iambic meter, trochaic meter, or free verse? Footsteps echo down the hallway.

Accepted Answer

trochaic

Question 6

Iambic meter, trochaic meter, or free verse? The branches breathe a whisper with the breeze.

Accepted Answer

iambic

Question 7

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: Whether you were in debt or extra wealthy, everyone felt regret.

Accepted Answer

assonance

Question 8

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: Wait, where do they wake their weightless wares?

Accepted Answer

assonance, alliteration

Question 9

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: The speeding car crashed into the karate club.

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 10

Iambic, trochaic, or free verse? I am not the voice you heard yesterday.

Accepted Answer

free verse

Question 11

Identify the literary device in the following sentence: We were soldiers, we were poets, we ate ice cream for breakfast.

Accepted Answer

anaphora

Question 12

Iambic meter, trochaic meter, or free verse? Gentle winds are humming lowly.

Accepted Answer

trochaic

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