What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

A simile does compare using "like" or "as" and a metaphor does NOT compare using "like" or "as"

A simile does NOT compare using "like" or "as" and a metaphor does compare using "like" or "as"

A simile and a metaphor BOTH use "like" or "as" to compare

Which of the following is NOT an example of rhyme?

And THEN! Who was back in the house? Why, the cat!

I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.

And our fish came down, too. He fell into a pot. He said, "Do I like this? Oh, no! I do not!"

Then he shut up the things in a box with a hook. And the cat went away with a sad kind of look.

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

You're a monster, Mr. Grinch. Your heart's an empty hole.

It came without packages, boxes or bags!

Roast beast is a feast I can't stand in the least!

It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.

Which of these is NOT an example of repetition?

Say! I like green eggs and ham!

Would you eat them in a box? Would you eat them with a fox?

I do not like them here or there, I do not like them anywhere!

I would not could not with a goat, I would not could not in a boat!

Which of these does NOT contain personification?

On the 15th of May, in the Jungle of Nool, In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, He was splashing… enjoying the jungle’s great joys… When Horton the elephant heard a small noise.

“I think you’re a fool!” laughed the sour kangaroo and the young kangaroo in her pouch said, “Me, too!"

Sighed Mayzie, a lazy bird hatching an egg: “I’m tired and I’m bored And I’ve kinks in my leg From sitting, just sitting here day after day."

The elephant laughed. “Why, of all silly things! I haven’t feathers and I haven’t wings. Me on your egg? Why, that doesn’t make sense… Your egg is so small, ma’am, and I’m so immense!”

Which of the following is NOT an example of imagery?

Most beasts are quite friendly, but still, in some lands, some beasts are too dangerous to catch with bare hands.

sprinkled with peanut shucks, pickled and spiced, then baked at 600 degrees and then iced.

Whose feet are like cows', but wear squirrel-skin coats, and sit down like dogs, but have voices like goats.

Up past the North pole, where the frozen winds squeal, I'll go and I'll hunt in my Skeegle-mobile.

Poetic Elements

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

a word that makes a sound (example: bang, click)

imagery

denotation

onomatopeia

metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

rhythmical pattern of a poem where syllables are stressed and unstressed

stanza

meter

poetry

simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

human qualities or ideas are given to non human things

idiom

alliteration

imagery

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

related lines in a poem; similar to a paragraph

rhyme

symbol

figurative language

stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

author's use this with descriptive words to create a picture in the reader's mind

onomatopoeia

imagery

metaphor

simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

language that is not meant to be taken literally

figurative language

simile

rhyme

lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

comparing 2 unlike things using "like", "as", "than" or "resembles"

simile

metaphor

personification

assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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Poetic Elements

a word that makes a sound (example: bang, click)

rhythmical pattern of a poem where syllables are stressed and unstressed

human qualities or ideas are given to non human things

related lines in a poem; similar to a paragraph

author's use this with descriptive words to create a picture in the reader's mind

language that is not meant to be taken literally

comparing 2 unlike things using "like", "as", "than" or "resembles"

"My bedroom is a disaster area" is an example of what poetic device?

"My house is like a prison" is an example of what poetic device?

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

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