
Poetic Devices Required Practice 2
Quiz by Kristin Ferruchie
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The general beat in poetry is also called what?
When identifying the rhyme scheme, what do you look for?
What is an antonym for prose?
The bolded words are an example of which device: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,"
The bolded words are an example of which device: "Closed off from love / I didn't need the pain / Once or twice was enough / And it was all in vain"
This is the positive, negative, or neutral feelings attached to words.
The bolded words are an example of which device: Her green eyes beam fleeting rays of sunshine toward me.
The bolded words are examples of which device: The dandelion quivered beside the dirt road as the cars drove past.
If someone says, "You are on the ball," what device is being used?
"Don't be all bah humbug during the holidays" is an example of which literary device?
Strong imagery draws upon multiple senses.
The following are examples of which device: small crowd, only choice, definite possibility, and hopeless dream.
The following is an example of which device: She danced gracefully as a swan.
The following is an example of which device: My stomach is punishing me for eating that Mexican food.
The following is an example of which device: Hannah's cat clawed the couch, creating chaos.
The following is an example of which device: His words, a shot to my heart, echoed in my mind.
What device is being used in this line from a commercial for Meow Mix: "Tastes so good, cats ask for it by name."
Has anyone ever told you, "Less is more"? This is an example of which device?
The following example is an example of which device? A betrayed housewife murders her husband with a frozen leg of lamb. When the cops arrive, she cooks it and then feeds it to them. The police eat the evidence of the crime!
The following example is what kind of device? Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
The following poem is an example of which device?
“In the spring I asked the daisies
If his words were true,
And the clever, clear-eyed daisies
Always knew.
Now the fields are brown and barren,
Bitter autumn blows,
And of all the stupid asters,
Not one knows.”
How would you describe the tone in this poem?
When I go away from you
The world beats dead
Like a slackened drum.
I call out for you against the jutted stars
And shout into the ridges of the wind.
Streets coming fast,
One after the other,
Wedge you away from me,
And the lamps of the city prick my eyes
So that I can no longer see your face.
Why should I leave you,
To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night?