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POETIC DEVICES and TERMS

Authored by Stacy Mauriello

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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POETIC DEVICES and TERMS
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which phrase is NOT a simile?

He's a workhorse.

He's as strong as an ox.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which phrase IS a simile?

It is ice cold in this room.

You're as cold as ice.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a simile?

a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

a comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

another word for grin; showing happiness

a type of poem in which two things are compared

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a metaphor?

A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"

A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

A small body of matter that falls from outer space

A type of poem in which two things are compared

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

The house was a carnival

The house was noisy like a carnival

The house had a carnival-like atmosphere

The carnival moved into the house

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

She was a gazelle

She ran faster than a gazelle

A gazelle couldn't run faster than she did

She was as graceful as a gazelle

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Alex had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.
*What is the onomatopoeia?

grumbling
teacher
stomach

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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