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Poetic Devices Practice 3
Reading Activity
Answer the Short Response Questions?
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Yes No
Poetic Devices Practice 3
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On the dusty earth-drum
Beats the falling rain;
Now a whispered murmur,
Now a louder strain.
Beats the falling rain;
Now a whispered murmur,
Now a louder strain.
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Onomatopoeia
Consonance
Rhyme
IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
Poetic Devices Practice 3
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Incorrect!
Palely reflected in the amber-colored water;
Among them a constant banjo-twanging of frogs,
And shrilling of toads and of insects
Rises and falls in chorus rhythmic and stirring.
Among them a constant banjo-twanging of frogs,
And shrilling of toads and of insects
Rises and falls in chorus rhythmic and stirring.
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Consonance
Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
Poetic Devices Practice 3
Correct!
Incorrect!
When morning mingles with the gloom
On empty stage and twilit aisle,
She comes with rag and pan and broom
To work--and dream awhile.
On empty stage and twilit aisle,
She comes with rag and pan and broom
To work--and dream awhile.
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Alliteration
IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
Poetic Devices Practice 3
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Incorrect!
Listen to the iron-horns, ripping, racking,
Listen to the quack-horns, slack and clacking.
Way down the road, trilling like a toad,
Listen to the quack-horns, slack and clacking.
Way down the road, trilling like a toad,
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Enjambment
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
Poetic Devices Practice 3
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Incorrect!
Where forlorn sunsets flare and fade
On desolate sea and lonely sand,
On desolate sea and lonely sand,
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Consonance
Rhyme
Alliteration
IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
Poetic Devices Practice 3
Correct!
Incorrect!
Uncompromising rude reality
Mangled the Monarch of our fashioning,
Mangled the Monarch of our fashioning,
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
Poetic Devices Practice 3
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Incorrect!
Over the stubble, cawing, goes a rout
Of rooks from harvest, flagging as they fly.
Of rooks from harvest, flagging as they fly.
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Rhyme
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
Poetic Devices Practice 3
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Incorrect!
All the little sighing souls born of dust's despair,
They who fed on bitter bread when the world was bare,
They who fed on bitter bread when the world was bare,
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Alliteration
Enjambment
Rhythm
IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
Poetic Devices Practice 3
Correct!
Incorrect!
Strong silent greens serenely lingering,
Absolute lights like baths of golden snow.
Absolute lights like baths of golden snow.
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Onomatopoeia
Consonance
Assonance
IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
Poetic Devices Practice 3
Correct!
Incorrect!
The lewd, perennial, overmastering spell
that keeps the
rolling
universe
ensphered
that keeps the
rolling
universe
ensphered
Which is NOT used in the above text?
Enjambment
Assonance
Alliteration
IDENTIFY A POETIC DEVICE in the above lines and EXPLAIN WHERE IT IS USED.
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Poetic Devices Practice 3
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