Poetic Devices Review

The plane hovers like an ecstatic bird. What is this an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

What is an analogy?

• A comparison of two things
• Extreme exaggeration
• Giving human traits to non-human objects

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Why do poets use alliteration?

• To paint a picture in the reader's head
• To stress or highlight something important
• To help the reader imagine the word
• To compare two things

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Barry bought a book to bring to the backyard barbecue. What is this an example of?

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. What is this an example of?

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile 
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name. What is this an example of?

• Alliteration
• Rhyme
• Personification 
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What term is used to describe the words poets and authors choose to use?

• Rhyme Scheme
• Diction 
• Figurative Language
• Allusions

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many lines in a couplet stanza?

• one 
• two
• three
• four

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Old pond
a frog jumps
the sound of water
This is an example of a couplet

• true
• false

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

This poem is written in couplets

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4