Poetry Terms and Figurative Language
Authored by Becky Gerhart
English
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the repetition of the first consonant sound of a word. For example the "w" sound: "when white moths were on the wing" from "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats
Alliteration
Assonance
Couplet
Diction
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words - For example: "Wanders and watches, with eager ears" from "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Alliteration
Assonance
Couplet
Diction
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
Alliteration
Assonance
Couplet
Diction
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Alliteration
Assonance
Couplet
Diction
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a metaphor that is applied throughout the entire poem. The poem "The Railway Train" by Emily Dickinson is an extended metaphor.
Extended metaphor
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
language used to create a particular effect - not meant to be taken literally. Forms of figurative language include simile, metaphor, and personification.
Extended metaphor
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Extreme exaggeration to make a point. For example: The speaker in the poem "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes states "I, too, am America." He creates a hyperbole when he states that he is America.
Extended metaphor
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
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