Poetic Devices Mini-Quiz

A simile.....

• tells what a person likes
• compares two unlike things using the words like or as
• compares two similar things 
• tells what a person is doing

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CCSS.L.5.5A

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I am as quick as a fox.

• simile
• not a simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I like to eat fish.

• Simile
• Not a simile

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what is a metaphor

• ^{is when someone compares you to something without saying like}

• when you say a hint to someone

• when you compare with someone saying like

• I don´t know

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

what is an example of metaphor

• you are like an elephant

• you are like a lion

• you are fire

• I don´t know

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

you are a cheetah

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• A word that is a sound
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photos of me are always really good.
• I own an expensive camera.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is NOT an example of personification?

• The star I wished on winked at me.

• The trout danced on the water's surface.

• The angry mirror showed every wrinkle on his face.

• The sun was warm on the child's face.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is an alliteration?

• suggests something is another

• gives human qualities to a non-human thing

• repeated beginning sounds in a sentence

• compares two things using "like" or "as"

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4