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Major Poetic Devices

Authored by Jessica Castine

English

7th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Major Poetic Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The poet's distinctive choices in vocabulary. Example: Shakespeare wouldn't say, "Hey, dude;" he would say, "Hello, good fellow."

Oxymoron

Metaphor

Allusion

Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Repeated consonant sounds at the ending of words placed near each other, usually in words placed near each other (should occur in sounds that are accented or stressed).

Symbolism

Consonance

End Rhyme

Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Deliberate repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds. Example: Too sweet to eat and it can't be beat. (The repetition of the "ee" sound)

Assonance

Allusion

Alliteration

Consonance

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

20 sec • 1 pt

Applying human characteristics to inanimate objects/inhuman objects. Example: The trees stared into the breeze. The wind whispered softly.

Internal Rhyme

Consonance

Alliteration

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Repetition of a keyword or idea for effect. Example: "Shake it off...shake it off, off, off" (T. Swift)

Diction

Metaphor

Tone

Echo

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Descriptions of people or objects that relate to the five senses: sight, sound, taste, touch and smell. Language full of imagery appeals to the senses. Example: "Or fester like a sore—and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat?" (from Hughes' "Dream Deferred")

Rhythm

Imagery

Metaphor

Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Exaggeration for dramatic effect. Example: I have a million papers to grade.

Assonance

Oxymoron

Hyperbole

End Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

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