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Poetic devices practice

This 7th-grade classroom material helps students identify and analyze poetic devices such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification, metaphor, and simile through various questions. Students practice by selecting, filling in, and analyzing lines from poems to deepen their understanding of poetic techniques.

By Edform · English language arts · Grade 7 · Published Oct 15, 2026 · New

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Questions

  1. Which poetic device is used in the line: 'The wind whispered through the trees'?
  2. Select all lines that use alliteration.
  3. Fill in the blank with the correct poetic device: 'The car hissed as it came to a stop.'
  4. Choose the correct poetic device for the line: 'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds.'
  5. Match each poetic device to its example.
  6. Decide if each statement about poetic devices is true or false.
  7. Which line contains a simile?
  8. Fill in the blank: Giving human qualities to a nonhuman thing is called ________.

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