Poetic Devices Review

"I've been watching you like the hawk in the sky" is an example of _______.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

The artist is comparing herself to a hawk watching its prey from the sky. She uses the word "like" to show the comparison.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“A doctor, a model, a man of possibilities” is an example of which sound device?

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

Answer explanation

The "o" vowel sound is repeated in several words.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

"I'm just saying, hey, Mona Lisa" is an example of what poetic device?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Personification

Answer explanation

The artist is referring to the Mona Lisa, which is a famous painting.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"You're my end and my beginning" is an example of which poetic device?

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Anaphora

Answer explanation

Ends and beginning are opposites, so this is a contradictory statement.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"I was making my own name/Chasing that fame/He stayed the same" can be considered an example of which poetic device?

• Anaphora

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Consonance

Answer explanation

The "m" sound is repeated in several words.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

“You're the coffee that I need in the morning” is an example of which poetic device?

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Apostrophe

Answer explanation

The artist is comparing someone to coffee without using the words "like" or "as".

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“Sweet Home Alabama/ Lord I’m coming home to you” is an example of which device?

• Anaphora

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Apostrophe

Answer explanation

The artist is talking to Alabama as if the state can respond.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

”Can’t get what we want without knowing” is an example of which device?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Anaphora

Answer explanation

The "w" sound is repeated at the beginning of each word.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

Saying "It's a little damp outside" after a hurricane is an example of which device?

• Anaphora

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Litotes

Answer explanation

it would be very wet outside after a hurricane, so to state that it's "damp" would be an understatement.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

"Be still my heart" is an example of which device?

• Allusion

• Apostrophe

• Simile

• Metaphor

Answer explanation

The artist is speaking to their heart as if it can respond.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4