Literary (Poetic) Terms Quiz
Authored by Melissa Brown
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What type of literary device is shown?
Darcy daringly dove down the deep ditch.
alliteration
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What type of literary device is shown?
The run down house looked depressed.
personification
idiom
alliteration
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What is metaphor?
exaggeration for effect
a comparison of unlike things without using like or as
a comparison of unlike things using like or as
repeition of intial consonant sound
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What is onomatopoeia?
a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
use of words that imitate sounds
repetition of sounds at the end of words
a word, phrase, line or group of lines that is repeated regularly
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Figurative Language: Choose the metaphor.
The sky is low, the clouds are mean
Down in their cabins, the sailors are sheep
The stormy seas as dark as coal
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Choose the example that includes alliteration.
Silent as a shadow, the boy crossed the reef.
The boy stood taut as a drawn arrow.
The mutter of the sea.
The little boy gasped when he touched the cold water.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
We can't find the cat,
We don't know where she's at,
Oh, where did she go?
Does anyone know?
Let's ask this walking hat.
abbba
aabba
ababa
babab
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
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