Poetic Devices and Forms
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Poetic Devices and Forms
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English
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8th Grade
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Sarah Strittmatter
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the type of figurative language being used below-
I have died everyday, waiting for you
Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
a thousand years
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?
-"Firework", Katy Perry
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
I feel glorious, glorious
Got a chance to start again
I was born for this, born for this
It's who I am, how could I forget?
-Macklemore, "Glorious"
Repetition
Metaphor
Rhyme
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
I like that boom boom pow
Them chickens jackin' my style
-The Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow"
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Simile
Assonance
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch
You really are a heel
You're as cuddly as a cactus
You're as charming as an eel
-"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
Simile and Metaphor
Allusion and symbolism
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
And I'm so sick of love songs, so tired of tears
So done with wishing you were still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?
-Ne-Yo, "So Sick"
Alliteration
Metphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
...You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
-Michael Jackson, "Thriller"
Symbol
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
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