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Poetry Definitions

Authored by Barbara Wiebel

English

5th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 7+ times

Poetry Definitions
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The North Star looked bright

In the darkness of the night. This sentence is an example of

repetition

rhyme

personification

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Rhyme is

Words in a poem that have the same beginning sounds.

Repeating the same words over and over.

A comparison using "like" or "as."

Words that have the same ending sounds.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

On St. Patrick's Day, Polly planted purple pansies in a pink pot. This sentence is an example of

alliteration

personification

rhyme

rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Words like meow, boom, screech, snap, pop are all examples of

alliteration

onomatopoeia (on-na-matta-pia)

personification

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Baby, you're a firework" is an example of

rhythm

a simile

a metaphor

repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A figure of speech that gives human qualities to an object is the definition of

personification

metaphor

simile

onomatopoeia (on-na-matta-pia)

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The stars looked like broken glass scattered across the sky. This line is an example of

a metaphor

personification

rhythm

a simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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