Poetic Devices Assessment: P8

What kind of figurative language makes a comparison using "like" or "as"?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The words highlighted in yellow contained a repeated initial /s/ sound, which is called ______.

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The words in yellow both contain the long "o" sound, which is called ______________________.

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• internal rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The pattern of end rhyme in this poem (rhyme scheme) would be labeled as:

• abba

• abab

• abcd

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The last line contains two examples of ______________.

• alliteration

• internal rhyme

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The first line in this excerpt contains a/an _________________ to Roman mythology.

• metaphor

• allusion

• slant rhyme

• meter

Examine the red text in the excerpt below. Which device is present?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The words "yet," "light" and "bright" contain an example of __________ with the repetition of the /t/ sound.

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• internal rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The words "yet," "light" and "bright" contain an example of __________ with the repetition of the /t/ sound.

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• internal rhyme

Line two contains two examples of __________.

• alliteration

• internal rhyme

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4