Front

Which is an example of a metaphor?
Options: You are as bright as the moon., Can dreams dry up like a raisin in the sun?, Everyday is a winding road., Tick/Tock.

Back

Everyday is a winding road.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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What is alliteration?

Back

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Apostrophe (in poetry)

Back

A figure of speech where an absent or nonexistent person or thing is addressed as if present and capable of understanding

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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Assonance

Back

The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Which literary device is illustrated by the phrase "The big, bad wolf blew the houses down"?

Back

Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is the name of the verse form exemplified by the text "I walked along the sea at night and saw/ A bird upon the winds of elaborate clouds."? Options: Free Verse, Rhymed Verse, Blank Verse, Sonnet

Back

Blank Verse

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Caesura

Back

A stop or pause in a metrical line, often marked by punctuation or by a grammatical boundary

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

What is the term used to describe a pause in a line of poetry, as shown in the example "Time. stopped."?

Back

Caesura

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

What is a couplet?

Back

A pair of lines of verse that form a unit

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is free verse in poetry?

Back

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

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CCSS.RL.7.4