Poetry Devices Pre-Test

SOUND:

Repeated consonant sounds at the START of a word is known as:

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• repetition

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

SOUND:

Repeated vowel sounds:

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• repetition

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

SOUND:

Repeated consonant sounds at the END of words:

• alliteration

• cacophony

• consonance

• repetition

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

SOUND:

Discordant series of harsh sounds to communicate disorder:

• alliteration

• cacophony

• consonance

• repetition

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

SOUND:

Words that sound like their meaning:

• cacophony

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

SOUND:

Purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect:

• alliteration

• consonance

• repetition

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

SOUND:

Most common device associated with poetry. Words that have different beginning sounds, but whose endings sound alike:

• alliteration

• consonance

• repetition

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

MEANING:

a brief reference to some person, place historical event, work of art or bibilical/mythological situation or character.

• euphemism

• denotation

• connotation

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

MEANING:

the emotional psychological or social overtones of a word.

• metaphor

• denotation

• connotation

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

MEANING:

the dictionary definition of the word

• oxymoron

• denotation

• personification

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4