Grade -7
EXERCISE – POETIC DEVICES
A) Read the statements carefully and select the correct
option to answer.
1. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
o A. My hair is a vast forest
o B. I sat by the river. I lived by the sea. I died by the
lake.
o C. Pants are like legs
o D. Dogs dodge digging dandelions
2. Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
o A. The truck winked at me
o B. The cat was as mad as a tree
o C. Lazy lizards lounge
o D. Whisper, slap, smack I hear in the lunch room
3. Which of the following is an example of metaphor?
o A. he glasses smiled at me
o B. Cute cats chase toys
o C. Snow is like the sun
o D. My life is a dream
4. Which of the following is an example of simile?
o A. Hiss, slurp, hush, scream--MOM!
o B. Hopping hens shop for shoes
o C. My hand is as cold as snow
o D. The shirt said, "Wear Me!"
5. Which of the following is an example of metaphor?
o A. Talking turtles torture teachers
o B. I am a cloud
o C. The dog smiles at me
o D. Meow, woof, tweet went the animals
6. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
o A. The TV laughed at the desk
o B. Calculating computers catch cats
o C. Pictures are captured people
o D. Crash, bang, boom goes the lion
7. Which of the following is an example of simile?
o A. The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.
o B. As the teacher entered the room she muttered
under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring
circus!"
o C. Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a
room full of rocking chairs.
o D. The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s
bath.
B) CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.
1. repetition of initial consonant sounds in words close
together
o A. Alliteration
o B. Irony
o C. Hyperbole
o D. Onomatopoeia
2. any comparison between two unlike things using as or
like
o A. Alliteration
o B. Simile
o C. Metaphor
o D. Imagery
3. any exaggeration used to express strong emotion or
humour
o A. Epic
o B. Figure of speech
o C. Irony
o D. Hyperbole
4. when there is a difference between what is said and
what is meant
o A. Assonance
o B. Imagery
o C. Personification
o D. Irony
5. comparison between unlike things (without
using like, as, than, or resembles)
o A. Limerick
o B. Lyric poetry
o C. Metaphor
o D. Hyperbole
[Link] of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its
meaning
o A. Narrative poetry
o B. Onomatopoeia
o C. Parallelism
o D. Personification
7. nonhuman things are given human qualities
o A. poetry
o B. Onomatopoeia
o C. Imagery
o D. Personification
8. a repeated word, phrase, or group of lines (like a chorus
in a song)
o A. Pun
o B. Refrain/ Repetition
o C. Rhyme
o D. Rhythm
C. Read the statements given below and choose the correct
option to answer.
1."I told you a million times, I can’t do this!"……..is an
example of
a)Personification
b)Hyperbole
c)Idiom
d)Tone
2.A mental picture described using sight, smell, taste,
hearing, or touch.
a)Background
b)Setting
c)Diction
d)Imagery
[Link], buttery cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven.
a) Gustatory Imagery
b) Tactile Imagery
c) Visual Imagery
d) Auditory Imagery
[Link]'s sort of whack, whir, wheeze, whine
Sputter, splat, squirt, scrape
Clink, clank, clunk, clatter
Crash, bang, beep, buzz
a)Simile
b)Metaphor
c)Onomatopoeia
d)Personification
[Link] cave roared at the foot of the mountain.
a)Assonance
b)Personification
c)Hyperbole
d)Simile
6."Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence"
a)Personification
b)Simile
c)Alliteration
d)Metaphor
[Link] miners roared past in lorries
a)Imagery
b)Irony
c)Alliteration
d)Onomatopoeia
8.I hate that drum's discordant sound,
Parading round, and round, and round
a)Hyperbole
b)Personification
c)Illusion
d)Repetition
[Link] wore it like a golden knot,
She changed it like a glove
a)Metaphor
b)Simile
c)Personification
d)Hyperbole