Poetic Devices

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8th Grade
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Glenn Reyes
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is alliteration?
Repetition of the first letter/sound in nearby words
repeating vowel sounds in poetry
Gives human characteristics to inanimate objects.
Repeating consonant sounds in poetry near the middle or end of words
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is onomatopoeia?
The use of concrete details to describe what the reader should see, hear, touch, smell, taste.
A direct comparison between two unlike things.
An outrageous exaggeration used for effect.
Words that sound like their meaning.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is a rhyme?
The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for a certain effect.
repeating vowel sounds in poetry
Words that have different beginning sounds but whose ending sound the same.
A direct comparison between two unlike things
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is a simile?
Repeating consonant sounds in poetry near the middle or end of words.
The use of concrete details to describe what the reader should see, hear, touch, smell, taste.
Gives human characteristics to inanimate objects.
A direct comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is assonance?
repeating vowel sounds in poetry.
Repeating consonant sounds in poetry near the middle or end of words.
An outrageous exaggeration used for effect.
Repetition of the first letter/sound in nearby words
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is a metaphor?
Words that sound like their meaning.
A direct comparison between two unlike things.
A direct comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
repeating vowel sounds in poetry .
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is a hyperbole?
A direct comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
Words that sound like their meaning.
An outrageous exaggeration used for effect.
The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for a certain effect.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
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