Poetic Devices and Figures of Speech

Poets use poetic devices and figures of speech in order to enhance the meaning or mood of a poem.

• True

• False

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following is a direct comparison between two unlike things?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

Which of the following is an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Pick up the example of simile from the following.

• Time is as important as money

• Time is money

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Pick up the examples of metaphor from the following options. (Choose all that apply)

• The road was a ribbon of moonlight.

• You are the apple of my eye.

• Lucy Gray was as sweet as honey.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

___ gives the qualities of a human to an animal, an object, or an idea.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Symbol

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Pick up all examples of personification from the following options.

• A brave handsome tree fell with a creaking rendering cry.

• The sun smiled down on us.

• The trees danced in the wind.

• I love flowers.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What do you call an exaggerated statement used to heighten the effect?

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Pick up all the examples of hyperbole from the following.

• She has said so on several million occassions.

• A person with a pea-sized brain

• The stars winked in the sky.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Alliteration is the repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4