9th grade Poetry Review

Which of these lines has an example of hyperbole?

• The café was like a battleship

• It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets

• Traffic slowed to a crawl

• The soldiers were equipped with steel

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of these lines is an example of personification?

• If I can't buy that new game, I will die!

• The waitress asked if he wanted Coke or water.

• The thunder was grumbling like it was angry.

• There was an old man from Peru.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of these lines is an example of Simile?

• The strands of my hair lifted in the wind like ink spilled in water.

• That new car costs a bazillion dollars.

• The door protested as it opened slowly.

• Chaos is a friend of mine.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of these lines is an example of metaphor?

• The baloney was as slimy as a New York City sewer.

• He is as skinny as a toothpick.

• Winter's icy grip caused people to shudder.

• A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of these lines is an example of synecdoche?

• He wanted to go hunting this morning but he was all out of lead.

• We are so poor, we don't have two cents to rub together.

• The wildfire ran through the forest at an amazing speed.

• A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of these lines is an example of symbolism?

• I had to walk 15 miles to school in the snow.

• The lion represents pride.

• The ivy wove its fingers around the fence.

• Her face was quiet and a curious look was in her eyes.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of these is an example of theme?

• Love is more powerful than magic.

• Don't talk to strangers.

• The car complained as the key was turned.

• You could have knocked me over with a feather.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of these lines is an example of an idiom?

• That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding on a dinosaur.

• Lightning danced across the sky.

• All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree.

• She told him to hit the road.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3