Poetry Pretest
Authored by Steven Pirnat
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The most specific or literal meaning of a word
denotation
connotation
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a second, suggested meaning of a word, consisting of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached
denotation
connotation
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”
symbolism
personification
metaphor
simile
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Compares two unlike things by speaking of one thing as if it were another
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When nonhumans (animals, objects) are represented as being human or as having human attributes
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Overstatement; extreme exaggeration for the purpose of making a point
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Use of an object, person, place, or event that has both a meaning in itself and stands for something larger
personification
symbolism
hyperbole
allusion
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
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