Poetry - Terms, Theme, Purpose, and Meaning

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

How many examples of similes are in this passage?
Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle. All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines. Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin! The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time. 

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

 Which sentence is a metaphor?

• Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle.
•  All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines.
•  Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin!
• The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time. 

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is sensory language?

• A. a stanza consisting of 4 lines
• B. how the reader feels
• C. when two words end with the same sound
• D. use of five senses to create imagery

What sound device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"?

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• hyberbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?

• hyberbole
• personification
• metaphor
• simile

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?

• hyperbole
• personification
• alliteration
• idiom

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration?

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which simile describes something that is unwanted or unwelcome? 

• As welcome as a skunk at a picnic
• As welcome as a $100
• As welcome as a Christmas gift
• as welcome as a new car

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D