Print Instructions

NOTE: Only your test content will print.
To preview this answer key, click on the File menu and select Print Preview.

Click here to print this answer key!
Click here to save or print this answer key as a PDF!
See our guide on How To Change Browser Print Settings to customize headers and footers before printing.

Recognizing Sound Devices in Poetry

Print Answer Key (Only the test content will print)

Recognizing Sound Devices in Poetry Answer Key

1. 
Harsh or unpleasant combination of sounds:
  1. deficiency
  2. admonishing
  3. dissonance
  4. iridescent
2. 
Which of the following is NOT an example of assonance?
  1. Desire is what lights our fire.
  2. Joe told me to go and mow the yard.
  3. He went here and there and everywhere.
  4. Tom told the tiger to sit.
3. 
"And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain," is an example of which figurative language device?
  1. consonance
  2. simile
  3. imagery
  4. onomatopoeia
4. 
What is the meaning of the word CACOPHONY?
  1. feeling or showing sorrow and remorse fo a sin or shortcoming
  2. the scientific study of elections
  3. to make a payment or contribution of money
  4. harsh or discordant sound: dissonance; specifically: harshness in the sound of words or phrases
5. 
Alliteration is the repetition of a sound, used for poetic effect.
  1. True
  2. False
6. 
The following sentence is an example of what figurative device?
"The snake hissed when the dog walked near it."
  1. simile
  2. alliteration
  3. onomatopoeia
  4. metaphor
7. 
In poetry, repetition is the recurrence of the same:
  1. word only
  2. phrase only
  3. sound only
  4. word, phrase or sound
8. 
Which sentence listed is an example of assonance?
  1. I sipped the rim with a palatable lip.
  2. Go catch the dog!
  3. May I have a cupcake?
  4. Some days are better than others.
9. 
Get it? Got it. Good!
This is an example of:
  1. hyperbole
  2. simile
  3. alliteration
  4. assonance
10. 
Which of the following lines contains an example of internal rhyme?
  1. There's a Polar Bear
  2. He likes it 'cause it's cold in there
  3. With his seat in the meat
  4. And his face in the fish

Become a Help Teaching Pro subscriber to access premium printables

Unlimited premium printables Unlimited online testing Unlimited custom tests

Learn More About Benefits and Options

You need to be a HelpTeaching.com member to access free printables.
Join for FREE »
Already a member? Log in for access.    |    Go Back To Previous Page