Poetry Terms Review

What poetic device is this an example of?

"You have to stop getting out of bed like you're an oil spill"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Repetition

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What poetic device is this an example of?

"Rudy, you're an apple on a pine tree in a room full of lemons"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What poetic device is this an example of?

"The dish ran away with the spoon"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What poetic device is this an example of?

"Jerry Jordan's jelly jar and jam begin that way"

• Simile

• Personification

• Repetition

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A reference to another work of literature, work of art, historical event, or pop culture in a story or poem is...

• a metaphor

• a simile

• an allusion

• an alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How do we refer to the "voice" we hear when reading a poem?

• the poet

• the speaker

• the author

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

The author or speaker's ATTITUDE toward a character or subject of a text is...

• mood

• tone

• diction

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What poetic device is this an example of?

"I watched Deaf men and women of all ages / dance in unison to the vibrations / of speakers booming so loud"

• metaphor

• simile

• tone

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In "The Raven," the bird says again and again, "Nevermore." What is this an example of?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A comparison between two unlike things using LIKE or AS is a...

• simile

• metaphor

• rhyming couplet

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4