Poetic Devices Review

Alliteration is...

• the rhyming of one or more word

• the same repeated consonant sound, usually at the beginning of a number of words.

• the repeating of vowel sounds

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

"He was a dopey, daggy dog" is an example of?

• alliteration

• assonance

• rhyme

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Onomatopoeia is...

• the repetition of constant sounds

• the use of words that sound like their meaning.

• the comparison where on thing is said to be another

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

"How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,

In the icy air of night" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

A simile is..

• a comparison of one thing with another,

• a comparison where one thing is said to be another

• giving human qualities to something

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in" is an example of?

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A metaphor is..

• a comparison of one thing with another,

• a comparison where one thing is said to be another

• giving human qualities to something

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees" is an example of?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Personification is...

• the repetition of consonant sounds

• comparison where one thing is said to be like another

• attributing human qualities or features to something not human.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

‘The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night' is an example of?

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A