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Poetic Devices

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10th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"like a raisin in the sun" is an example of

metaphor
simile
alliteration
personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Life is a broken-winged bird" is an example of

metaphor
simile
onomotopoia
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following lines of poetry shows alliteration?

Hold fast to dreams
Or does it explode?
That cannot fly.
like a syrupy sweet?

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The 'o' sounds in 'Frozen' and 'snow' (in the line "Frozen with snow") are pronounced the same.  They also rhyme with the 'o' sounds in 'Hold,' 'For,' and 'go.'  That is an example of 

alliteration
assonance
consonance
onomotopoia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The 'f' sound that is repeated in 'fast,' 'For,' 'Life,' 'field,' and 'Frozen' is an example of....

alliteration
assonance
consonance
repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The rhyme scheme of "Dreams" is

abcb aded
abcb adad
abab cdcd
abcb eded

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The angry tone "A Dream Deferred" is communicated through all of the following devices EXCEPT:

alliteration
imagery
rhyme scheme
extended metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

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