Literary Techniques Review: Poetry
Authored by Roxie Salamon-Abrams
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The line:
"Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room"
is an example of....
Metaphor
Anaphora
Simile
Repetition
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary element(s) are seen in this stanza:
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?
Imagery
Simile
Rhyme
All of the Above
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of a simile?
Comparing two different things to make a description more vivid.
Comparing two different things to make a description more vivid using the words like or as.
An expression on your face to show happiness.
Exaggerating the meaning of something to make it more vivid.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of personification?
When words describe a person in a poem.
When you can imagine something or visualize it.
Creating a personality through activation of the five senses.
Giving human qualities to a nonhuman form or the representation of something abstract in human form.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT a leading Black poet in America's history?
Langston Hughes
Walt Whitman
Maya Angelou
Donna Kate Rushin
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
2 mins • Ungraded
COMPARE: What was SIMILAR about Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing" and Hughes' poem "I, Too, Sing America"?
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Tags
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
7.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
2 mins • Ungraded
CONTRAST: What was DIFFERENT about Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing" and Hughes' poem "I, Too, Sing America"?
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
CCSS.RI.8.7
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