Poetic Devices

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6th - 8th Grade
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Carla Dunavan
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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
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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
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CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing...
allusion
personification
symbolism
onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The sentence "She is a walking dictionary." is an example of:
personification
metaphor
simile
oxymoron
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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
CCSS.RI.5.10
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
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