Poetic Devices

Identify which poetic device is used below:
He was as strong as an ox.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Refrain

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
The wonderful wind whistles...

• Metaphor
• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Simile

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Identify which poetic device is used below:
The river moaned as it danced across the rocks.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Assonance

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
"I must confess that in my quest
 I felt depressed and restless."

• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Refrain
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
"While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping."

• Assonance
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
The angry clouds marched across the sky.

• Personification
• Refrain
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
The car raced down the road like a rocket.

• Refrain
• Simile
• Assonance
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify which poetic device is used below:
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.

• Alliteration
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing to another using "like" or "as"

• simile
• metaphor
• extended metaphor
• symbolism

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CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally 

• extended metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A