KS2 (key stage 2) Online Poetic Devices Quizzes

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KS2 (key stage 2) Online Poetic Devices Quizzes

(Fun, Easy and Straightforward KS2 Poetic Devices quizzes for children in year3, year4, year5 and even year6 of the ks2 level who wish to boost their knowledge in class and their overall performance in class)

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What is a poetic device and what are some types? 

A poetic device is simply a form of literary device that is used in Poetry. Poems are created with the use of poetic devices. It is important to note that poetic devices are very important tools that a poet uses to create rhythm and enhances the meaning of a poem.

The most common types of poetic devices include;

  • Metaphor
  • Simile
  • Personification
  • Hyperbole
  • Irony
  • Imagery etc

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1:

The following are poetic devices except_______.


Correct
  • 1:
    Simile
  • 2:
    Metaphor
  • 3:
    idiom
  • 4:
    personification
2:

What is a Metaphor?


Correct
  • 1:
    When a thing is compared with another by using the word like or as
  • 2:
    When a thing is regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.
  • 3:
    The use of the same word to describe two different things
  • 4:
    All of the above
3:

What is Simile?


Correct
  • 1:
    When a thing is compared with another by using the word like or as
  • 2:
    When a thing is regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.
  • 3:
    The use of the same word to describe two different things
  • 4:
    non of the above
4:

When you use the same word to describe two different things, how do we refer to that?


Correct
  • 1:
    Simile
  • 2:
    metaphor
  • 3:
    tautology
  • 4:
    idiom
5:

What is personification?


Correct
  • 1:
    A person
  • 2:
    referring to a person as a thing
  • 3:
    using human traits on a non human thing
  • 4:
    using as or like to describe a person
6:

Which of these is a word or phrase that is repeated through out a poem?


Correct
  • 1:
    stanza
  • 2:
    refrain
  • 3:
    enjambment
  • 4:
    onomatopoeia
7:

How do we call a type  of word that sounds the same as the word it is describing?


Correct
  • 1:
    stanza
  • 2:
    refrain
  • 3:
    enjambment
  • 4:
    onomatopoeia
8:

What is a stanza?


Correct
  • 1:
    A verse in a peom
  • 2:
    A line in a poem
  • 3:
    word or phrase that is repeated through out a poem
  • 4:
    a word that sounds the same as the word it is describing
9:

A phrase that in which two opposite words are put together for effect is known as _______


Correct
  • 1:
    two dissimilar words
  • 2:
    simile
  • 3:
    alliteration
  • 4:
    oxymoron
10:

What is Alliteration?


Correct
  • 1:
    The use of the same word to describe two different things
  • 2:
    The use of the same word at the beginning of verses
  • 3:
    The use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words or sentence
  • 4:
    non of the above
11:

From this question to question 15, choose which poetic device is used in the sentence.


 He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.


Correct
  • 1:
    personification
  • 2:
    illiteration
  • 3:
    Simile
  • 4:
    Metaphor
12:

 Her lovely voice was music to his ears 


Correct
  • 1:
    personification
  • 2:
    illiteration
  • 3:
    simile
  • 4:
    metaphor
13:

 Noella heard the last piece of pie calling her name.


Correct
  • 1:
    personification
  • 2:
    illieteration
  • 3:
    simile
  • 4:
    metaphor
14:

Peter Piped Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.


Correct
  • 1:
    personification
  • 2:
    illiteration
  • 3:
    simile
  • 4:
    metaphor
15:

He is as strong and fierce as a lion


Correct
  • 1:
    metaphor
  • 2:
    comparison
  • 3:
    simile
  • 4:
    personification

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KS2 (key stage 2) Online Poetic Devices Quizzes