Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

Which of the following is an example of an allusion?

• "I rise, I rise, I rise."

• "It was such an obvious lie, I was surprised his nose didn’t start growing."

• "She had a photographic memory but never developed it."

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Definition: what ACTUALLY happens in the poem without looking for the deeper meaning

• Literal meaning

• Figurative meaning

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Definition: the theme or symbolic, deeper meaning of a poem.

• Literal meaning

• Figurative meaning

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know which one you're going to get.”

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• rhyme

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?

• We've been stuck in this class for forever.

• I love chocolate ice cream.

• The students in class all earned a C or lower on the test.

• Alice spent her entire allowance of $20 on a new pair of flip flops.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• I could hear the sound of the wind.

• The wind whooshed by the car as we sped up.

• The wind felt cold against my skin.

• The wind blew through the trees.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I let out a silent scream as the cat walked through the door carrying a dead mouse.

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which of the following is an example of an idiom?

• You better just be kidding; don't pull my leg.

• The cat sang its song to the night sky, sitting out on the fence.

• I have to go to after-school tutoring.

• We talked about taking the terrible test on Tuesday.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"I can't go out tonight because I'm feeling under the weather."

• idiom

• personification

• oxymoron

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

the repetition of consonant sounds, like in "sally sells sea shells by the sea shore"

• assonance
• repetition
• alliteration
• rhyme

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9