Grade - 7 Poetic Devices Worksheet A) Match The Following Type ... - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step to solve this worksheet.

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Part A: Match the Following

We need to match each poetic device (left column) with the correct phrase (right column).

1. Alliteration – This is when words close together start with the same sound, especially consonants.
→ Look at B: “Pink and purple popsicles” — all three words start with ‘p’. That’s alliteration.
✔ So, 1 → B

2. Simile – A comparison using “like” or “as”.
→ D says: “Heavy as a rock” — uses “as”, so it’s a simile.
✔ So, 2 → D

3. Metaphor – A direct comparison without “like” or “as”. Saying something *is* something else.
→ A: “His heart was a block of ice” — not literally true, but comparing his heart to ice. No “like” or “as”.
✔ So, 3 → A

4. Onomatopoeia – Words that imitate sounds.
→ E: “She was humming a song” — “humming” is the sound she’s making. It mimics the actual sound.
✔ So, 4 → E

5. Hyperbole – An exaggeration for effect.
→ F: “Everyone knows that” — probably not *everyone*, but it’s exaggerated to mean “many people know.”
✔ So, 5 → F

6. Personification – Giving human traits to non-human things.
→ C: “The cup danced joyfully across the table” — cups can’t dance or feel joy. Human actions given to an object.
✔ So, 6 → C

✔ Final Matching:
1 → B
2 → D
3 → A
4 → E
5 → F
6 → C

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Part B: Identify one or more devices being used

We’ll look at each sentence and find which poetic devices are present.

1. I begged the little leaves to lean / Low and together for a safe screen.

- “Begged the little leaves to lean” — leaves don’t beg or lean on command. Giving them human action → Personification
- Also, “lean low and together” — the ‘l’ sound repeats → Alliteration (“little”, “leaves”, “lean”, “low”)

✔ Devices: Personification, Alliteration

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2. Beautiful friendship tried by sun and wind, / Durable from the daily dust of life.

- “Friendship tried by sun and wind” — friendship isn’t literally tested by weather. Sun and wind represent hard times → Metaphor
- “Daily dust of life” — again, not literal dust. Represents small troubles → Metaphor
- Also, “sun and wind”, “daily dust” — repetition of ‘d’ sound? Not strong. But “tried by sun and wind” has some rhythm.
- Actually, “sun and wind” and “dust of life” — could be seen as symbolic, but mainly metaphor.

Wait — also, “beautiful friendship” — no device there. But “tried by sun and wind” — personifying sun and wind? They’re acting like testers → maybe Personification too?

Actually, sun and wind aren’t given human actions here — they’re just forces. So better to stick with Metaphor.

Also, “daily dust” — alliteration? ‘d’ in “daily” and “dust” → yes! → Alliteration

✔ Devices: Metaphor, Alliteration

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3. Click-clack, click-clack, the hoofs went past, / Who takes the dead coach travels fast.

- “Click-clack” — mimics the sound of hooves → Onomatopoeia
- Repeating “click-clack” twice → also creates rhythm, but the main device is onomatopoeia.
- “Dead coach” — might be metaphorical? But likely refers to a ghostly or old coach. Not clearly a device unless we say “dead” is personification? No, coaches aren’t alive. Probably not.
- Main device: Onomatopoeia

✔ Device: Onomatopoeia

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4. Lord, confound my surly sister, / Blight her brow with blotch and blister.

- “Confound”, “blight”, “blotch”, “blister” — lots of ‘b’ and ‘l’ sounds → Alliteration (“blight”, “brow”, “blotch”, “blister”)
- Also, asking God to curse someone — hyperbolic? Maybe, but not clearly exaggeration for effect — more like a wish.
- “Surly sister” — s-s sound → also alliteration? Yes, “surly sister” → another layer of alliteration.
- So definitely Alliteration

Is there anything else? “Blight her brow” — giving disease to a person? Not really a device. Just imagery.

✔ Device: Alliteration

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Now let’s write the final answers clearly.

Final Answer:

A) Match the Following:
1) alliteration → B
2) simile → D
3) metaphor → A
4) onomatopoeia → E
5) hyperbole → F
6) personification → C

B) Identify devices:
1. Personification, Alliteration
2. Metaphor, Alliteration
3. Onomatopoeia
4. Alliteration