Which of the following is alliteration?

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

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

Choose the correct example of personification.

She shivered in the cold, her branches shaking wildly.

Which of the following is an example of anaphora?

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

How do you define imagery?

Writing using some or all of the five senses.

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Poetic Techniques

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

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