Introduction to Poetry -- 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.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• Metaphor
• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• Personification
• Refrain
• Simile
• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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

• Refrain
• Simile
• Assonance
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The words a poet uses to describe one thing by comparing it to something else with which we are more familiar.

• figurative language

• imagery

• alliteration

• refrain

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• alliteration

• personification

• repetition

• meter

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Comparing one thing to another without using "like" or "as".

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• blank verse

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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

Which of the following are NOT characteristics of poems.

• rhyme

• paragraphs

• stanzas

• lines

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

All poems rhyme.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

_______ expresses the writer's attitude toward his/her subject

• Symbolism
• Tone
• Indifference
• Figurative Language

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B