Poetic Devices

Which of the following terms is defined as " the repetition of a vowel sounds"?

• consonance

• assonance

• allegory

• allusion

Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration?

• Barber baby bubbles and a bumblebee
• Jerry Jordan's jelly jar and jam
• Rosy's going riding on her red rinoceros
• For I had a story that no one could beat, and to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street!

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

Which of these is NOT figurative language? 

• simile
• hyperbole
• personification
• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

Compares two things at length

• simile
• extended metaphor
• hyperbole
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally 

• extended metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Human qualities given to animals, objects or ideas

• simile
• personification
• hyperbole
• alliteration 

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Repeating the same word or phrase to make an idea clearer 

• Onomatopoeia
• Rhyme
• Alliteration
• Repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The use of sensory details that appeal to one or more of the five senses.

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• meter

• figurative language

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Poetry that does not follow a set pattern or form.

• blank verse

• free verse

• refrain

• mataphor

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

The division in a poem based on the number of lines it contains.

• stanza

• white space

• meter

• line break

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13