GRADE -7 POETIC DEVICES WORKSHEET

A)MATCH THE FOLLOWING

TYPE PHRASE
1) _____alliteration A. His heart was a block of ice
2) _____simile B. Pink and purple popsicles
3) _____metaphor C. The cup danced joyfully across the table
4) _____onomatopoeia D. Heavy as a rock
5) _____hyperbole E. She was humming a song
6) ______personification F. Everyone knows that

B) Identify one or more devices being used in the following :

1. I begged the little leaves to lean

Low and together for a safe screen.

2. Beautiful friendship tried by sun and wind,

Durable from the daily dust of life.

3. Click –clack, click-clack, the hoofs went past,

Who takes the dead coach travels fast.

4. Lord, confound my surly sister,

Blight her brow with blotch and blister.
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 Answer Key
Question A)
1)B
2) D
3)A
4)E
5)F
6)C
Question B)
1. Personification, alliteration
2. Metaphor, alliteration
3. Onomatopoeia, personification
4. Alliteration