Poetry & Literary Devices 2016

Front

Two lines of a verse that rhyme are known as...

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Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Attribution of human feelings to inanimate things or animals in art/literature is known as...

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Pathetic Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

An allusion is...

Back

A reference to a popular/important thing.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

An exaggeration in literature is known as a...

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Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Continuation of a sentence without pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza...

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Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

A Haiku has a total of _____ lines.

Back

3

Front

Soft, smooth snow falls silently from the sky is an example of a literary device.

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Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

A pause or break in poetry to create rhythm.

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Caesura

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

Repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning

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Anaphora

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Comparing things using 'like' or 'as'

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Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D