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

 6.use 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

3.Hot, buttery cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven.

a) Gustatory Imagery
b) Tactile Imagery
c) Visual Imagery
d) Auditory Imagery

4.It'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

5.The 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

7.when 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

9.She wore it like a golden knot,

She changed it like a glove
a)Metaphor
b)Simile
c)Personification
d)Hyperbole