Sound and Visuals in Poetry

Which term fits the following definition? The use of the same sound at the start of several consecutive or nearly consecutive words.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which sound device is being used in the following sentence? Down and down and down he fell into the deep recesses of the cave.

• Idiom

• Repetition

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which figurative device is being used in the following sentence? I'm so hungry I could eat a great white shark!

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which figurative device is represented by the following sentence. Your life is an open book with many blank pages yet to be filled with experiences.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which device is being used in this line?

I looked outside and it was raining cats and dogs

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which figurative device is being used in this line? The old tree stretched his long and gangly fingers towards the sky.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which term fits the following definition? A word that sounds like the thing it describes.

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which figurative device is being used in this line? The salmon we caught was bigger than the boat!

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which term fits this definition? A comparison between two unlike things with "like" or "as."

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What type of figurative device is the following line? His tears fell like raindrops in a storm.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D