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Poetic Techniques Quiz

Authored by Emily Ciabattari

English

9th Grade

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Poetic Techniques Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the repetition of

the same or similar consonant

sounds in words that are close

together

anaphora

allusion

alliteration

asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"I hold with those who favor fire" - Robert Frost

alliteration

allusion

anaphora

internal rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a writer or speaker refers to something from history or literature and expects her audience to understand to what she is referring. Most commonly (in Western literature/art/culture) are to: the Bible, Shakespeare, Greek/Roman Mythology.

allusion

alliteration

anaphora

apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech that uses incredible exaggeration, or overstatement, for effect.

metaphor

simile

hype

hyperbole

hyphy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech that expresses an idea through the image of another object. Suggest the essence of the first object by identifying it with certain qualities of the second object.

metaphor

simile

metonymy

allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison, usually using "like" or "as,” of two essentially dissimilar things.

metaphor

juxtaposition

simile

oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech that gives human qualities to abstract ideas, animals, and inanimate objects.

hyperbole

personification

figurative language

imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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