Sound Devices: Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, and Onomatopoeia
7th - 11th grade
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  • Question 1
    60 seconds
    Q. As you look at examples of alliteration, assonance, and consonance in this quiz, remember to always determine which sound device is used MOST in the question.
    answer choices
    YES, SIR! (THIS IS THE RIGHT ANSWER, SO CHOOSE THIS ONE!)
    Like, whatevs...nah.
    Highkey, why has technology turned against me and given Mr. Fish just another way to quiz me?
    Don't click this. Just. Don't.
  • Question 2
    60 seconds
    Q. the repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables
    answer choices
    onomatopoeia
    personification
    simile
    alliteration
  • Question 3
    60 seconds
    Q. Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese is an example of ________________.
    answer choices
    assonance
    hyperbole
    metaphor
    simile
  • Question 4
    60 seconds
    Q. Boom! 
    Woof.
    Crash!
    Splash.
    Oink.
    answer choices
    personification
    simile
    onomatopoeia
    idiom
  • Question 5
    60 seconds
    Q. Definition:
    The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words. 
    answer choices
    Alliteration
    Symbol
    Assonance
    Rhythm
  • Question 6
    60 seconds
    Q. Definition:
    The use of words that imitate sounds
    answer choices
    Simile
    Imagery
    Onomatopoeia 
    Repetition 
  • Question 7
    60 seconds
    Q. Definition:
    The repetition of similar consonant sounds in a series of words
    answer choices
    Consonance
    Repetition
    Symbol 
    Rhyme
  • Question 8
    60 seconds
    Q. Definition:
    The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
    answer choices
    Personification
    Repetition
    Rhyme
    Hyperbole
  • Question 9
    60 seconds
    Q. Definition:
    The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
    answer choices
    Imagery
    Assonance 
    Rhythm 
    Symbol 
  • Question 10
    60 seconds
    Q. Definition:
    Language that appeals to the five senses---touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight
    answer choices
    Imagery 
    Simile 
    Symbol
    Onomatopoeia 
  • Question 11
    60 seconds
    Q. What type of Sound Device?
    The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.
    answer choices
    Rhythm 
    Consonance
    Assonance
    Repetition 
  • Question 12
    60 seconds
    Q. What type of Sound Device?
    From somewhere far beyond, the flag of fate's caprice unfurled,
    answer choices
    Imagery
    Alliteration
    Assonance
    Rhythm
  • Question 13
    60 seconds
    Q. What type of Sound Device?
    A dove moved silently above the waves.
    answer choices
    Assonance
    Consonance
    Alliteration
    Onomatopoeia 
  • Question 14
    60 seconds
    Q. What type of Sound Device?

    The buzzing bee flew away.
    answer choices
    Imagery 
    Consonance
    Rhyme
    Onomatopoeia 
  • Question 15
    30 seconds
    Q. Consonance is the repetition of...
    answer choices
    consonant sounds at the end of words
    repetition of words
    when the end of two lines rhyme
    when two words sound alike
  • Question 16
    60 seconds
    Q. Which of the sentences below are example of alliteration?
    answer choices
    sally farted out rainbows
    Billy Bozzle Buckled buttons before bedtime
    a fat cat that spat at dat bat 
    All of the below
  • Question 17
    60 seconds
    Q. What is NOT an example of alliteration?
    answer choices
    Tiny timmy teleported through time
    freddy fox found food for five foxes
    A boat wrote a quote and floated over a moat
    Mike's microphone made much music
  • Question 18
    30 seconds
    Q. Why was alliteration created?
    answer choices
    It was god's will
    To make words sound intense and pleasing to the ear
    Just because okay, don't be so demanding!
    none of the above
  • Question 19
    30 seconds
    Q. SALLY SAT SO STUPIDLY SATURDAY is an alliteration
    answer choices
    True 
    False
  • Question 20
    30 seconds
    Q. What is assonance?
    answer choices
    The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
    the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
    the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
    the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
  • Question 21
    30 seconds
    Q. What is consonance?
    answer choices
    The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
    the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
    the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
    the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
  • Question 22
    30 seconds
    Q. Why might alliteration be used?
    answer choices
    it sounds fun
    it makes the content memorable
    it plays to the brain's natural pattern-seeking strengths
    all of the above
  • Question 23
    60 seconds
    Q. Big, bad Bernie Bean-Toes ate two banana bunches
    answer choices
    alliteration
    assonance
    consonance
    IDK, but Bernie Bean-Toes will be constipated for days!
  • Question 24
    60 seconds
    Q. I balked when I saw the tall cop in the hall; I knew he was looking for you.
    answer choices
    alliteration
    assonance
    consonance
    What did you do this time?!
  • Question 25
    60 seconds
    Q. Chilly chicken children shivered with goosebumps
    answer choices
    alliteration
    assonance
    consonance
    Do chickens get goosebumps or chickenbumps?
  • Question 26
    60 seconds
    Q. Until he picks up the pills, Tim will feel icky.
    answer choices
    alliteration
    assonance
    consonance
    Tim sure gets sick often
  • Question 27
    60 seconds
    Q. Slippery, smooth silk slipped through Sarah's slender fingers
    answer choices
    alliteration
    assonance
    consonance
    Tim sure gets sick often
  • Question 28
    60 seconds
    Q. What is the difference between repetition and alliteration?
    answer choices
    alliteration is repeated words; repetition is sounds
    repetition is repeated words, alliteration is sounds
    One starts with an r, one starts with an a.
    If every poem you write is "que sera, sera," it doesn't matter.
  • Question 29
    60 seconds
    Q. Big bumbling bumblebees rode light, lilting breezes
    answer choices
    alliteration
    assonance
    imagery
    cute
  • Question 30
    60 seconds
    Q. A blue, new moon rose high in the sky, casting a subdued hue over the school.
    answer choices
    consonance
    assonance
    imagery
    creepy
  • Question 31
    60 seconds
    Q. A tall tree could fall hard, even with no ear near.
    answer choices
    alliteration
    assonance
    consonance
    parable
  • Question 32
    60 seconds
    Q. What is alliteration?
    answer choices
    The repetition of a letter in a line
    the repetition of a letter sound in a line
    the repetition of only vowel sounds
    A really annoying test topic
  • Question 33
    60 seconds
    Q. What is consonance?
    answer choices
    The repetition of any letter sound in a line
    The repetition of consonant sounds in a line
    The repetition of vowel sounds in a line
    The repetition of words or phrases in a poem
  • Question 34
    60 seconds
    Q. What is assonance?
    answer choices
    The repetition of vowel sounds in a line
    The repetition of consonant sounds in a line
    The repetition of any letter sounds in a line
    I don't care!
  • Question 35
    60 seconds
    Q. What is an onomatopoeia?
    answer choices
     word that represents a sound
    word that represents an idea
    it is a different word for alliteration
    word that is hard to spell 
  • Question 36
    30 seconds
    Q. Moo
    answer choices
    onomatopoeia
    assonance
    consonance
    imagery
  • Question 37
    30 seconds
    Q. Crash! Bang! Pow!
    answer choices
    onomatopoeia
    assonance
    consonance
    imagery
  • Question 38
    30 seconds
    Q. Drip...drip...drip
    answer choices
    onomatopoeia
    assonance
    consonance
    imagery
  • Question 39
    60 seconds
    Q. Cassy happily whacked apples to Adam
    answer choices
    onomatopoeia
    assonance
    consonance
    imagery
  • Question 40
    60 seconds
    Q. I cried, why? Why my life?
    answer choices
    onomatopoeia
    assonance
    consonance
    imagery
  • Question 41
    60 seconds
    Q. Snivelling, snotty Snape slunk into the slimy dungeons.
    answer choices
    onomatopoeia
    assonance
    consonance
    imagery
  • Question 42
    60 seconds
    Q. Alliteration looks a little like loopy consonance...because consonance is a type of alliteration!
    answer choices
    onomatopoeia
    assonance
    consonance
    imagery
  • Question 43
    60 seconds
    Q. Assonance and Consonance are types of alliteration
    answer choices
    True
    False
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