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Poetry Pretest

Authored by Steven Pirnat

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 31+ times

Poetry Pretest
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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.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

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.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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.11-12.3

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