Poetry Practice Review

Which of the following is true about figurative language?

• It is based on the sounds of the words in the poem

• It is based on a comparison that is not literally true

• It is an over-exaggeration

• It is meant to confuse the reader

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Interpreting poetry or literature on a shallow, superficial level is:

• literal

• figurative

• denotation

• connotation

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Reading a poem that references a mountain could have the figurative interpretation that:

• The mountain is the setting

• The mountain represents difficulty and hardship

• The mountain is only a mountain

• Person vs. nature is the conflict

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Her eyes shine bright like a diamond" is an example of...

• metaphor

• personification

• Onomatopoeia

• simile

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Her soul sings to me and makes my heart happy" is an example of...

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Books are written with paragraphs while poems are written with:

• prose

• stanzas

• figurative language

• rhythm

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CCSS.RL.8.5

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players..." is an example of...

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Bob bellowed to Bertha beneath the birch tree" is an example of...

• alliteration

• denotation

• simile

• sound imagery

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Adam ate an apple like an aardvark in anatomy class; he was starving!" contains...

• alliteration

• simile

• imagery

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"England issued a statement on immigration..." is an example of....

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4