Poetic/Figurative Devices Quiz Grade 9

What is a simile? 

• Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as
• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two unlike things using  like and as
• None of the above

"Snow froze around my heart" is an example of a...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally. 
• Telling the truth
• Comparing a rock to a island
• Break a leg

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.
• The trees danced in the wind.
• I waited in line for 10 years!
• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

"Zoom! The car drove around me." Is an example of...

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• idiom

"The rain ran down the road." Is an example of...

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

"I was so tired after school, I slept for a month!" Is an example of...

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

What is assonance?

• The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
• the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
• the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
• the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"Until he picks up the pills, Tim will feel icky", is an example of...

• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance
• Tim sure gets sick often

What is a metaphor?

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• Comparing two unlike things without using like or as

• Making a non-human object have human characteristics

• The 5 senses