Poetry Terms

Quiz

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English

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8th - 12th Grade

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.11-12.3, RL.8.4, RL.6.3

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison that shows similarities between two things that are otherwise dissimilar

assonance

onomatopoeia

analogy

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two unlike things

simile

personification

consonance

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech that does not use like or as to compare two unlike things

personification

hyperbole

metaphor

assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The repetition of consonant sounds, generally at the beginnings of words

assonance

consonance

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The repetition of same or similar vowel sounds within nonrhyming words

assonance

consonance

alliteration

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The repetition of consonant sounds, typically within or at the end of words that do not rhyme and precede by different vowel sounds

onomatopoeia

alliteration

assonance

consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human characteristics

hyperbole

analogy

imagery

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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