Poetic Devices

In poetry, what is repeating the same sounds, words, or lines called?

• simile

• repetition

• rhyme

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the pattern of rhyming words called?

• alliteration

• repetition

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the line:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

What is this an example of? (onomatopoeia, alliteration, rhythm)

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the line:

The soda fizzed as the cap twisted off.

What is the onomatopoeia?

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Read:

The stars winked good night from the midnight sky.

What poetic device is being used?

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Read:

John was a stubborn bull after losing the game.

What does this line include?

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Read:

Mia packed fifty dresses to wear on vacation.

What is this an example of?

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Read:

Beautiful friendship tried by sun and wind, Durable from the daily dust of life.

Which does this poem include?

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the rhyme scheme?

The green garden lets its shade fall

Over the red old school hall.

There flows the river

That’s amongst the greatest giver.

• ABCD

• AAAB

• AABB

• ABAB

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the stanza from "Homework Excuses":

I accidentally dropped by work in the soup

when mom wasn't looking,

or my brother flushed it down the toilet,

when I wasn't looking.

Who is the speaker?

• a poet

• a student

• a professor

• a parent

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6