Poetic Devices
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which poetic device is used in the following sentence?
Toby was as strong as an ox.
metaphor
personification
simile
allusion
Tags
TEKS.ELA.E1.6B
TEKS.ELA.CW.4A
TEKS.ELA.5.10D
TEKS.ELA.6.9D
TEKS.ELA.4.9B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify which poetic device is used in the sentence below:
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.
alliteration
metaphor
personification
assonance
Tags
TEKS.ELA.E1.6B
TEKS.ELA.CW.4A
TEKS.ELA.1.9B
TEKS.ELA.4.10D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The repetition of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of a group of words is called:
alliteration
assonance
allusion
anthropomorphism
Tags
TEKS.ELA.E1.6B
TEKS.ELA.CW.4A
TEKS.ELA.1.9B
TEKS.ELA.4.10D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A figure of speech where exaggeration is used for effect or to stress a point...
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
irony
oxymoron
Tags
TEKS.ELA.E1.6B
TEKS.ELA.CW.4A
TEKS.ELA.3.10G
TEKS.ELA.5.10G
TEKS.ELA.7.12H.II
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing...
allusion
personification
symbolism
onomatopoeia
Tags
TEKS.ELA.E1.6B
TEKS.ELA.CW.4A
TEKS.ELA.3.10D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The sentence "She is a walking dictionary." is an example of:
personification
metaphor
simile
oxymoron
Tags
TEKS.ELA.5.10D
TEKS.ELA.6.9D
TEKS.ELA.8.9D
TEKS.ELA.LG.2I
TEKS.MATH.7.9D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is personification?
The same sound being repeated
A word that is a sound
An exaggeration
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
Tags
TEKS.ELA.E1.1C
TEKS.ELA.E1.5F
TEKS.ELA.E2.5F
TEKS.ELA.E3.5F
TEKS.ELA.E4.5F
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