when words or phrases are repeated for emphasis

when an author compares to things using like or as

when an author refers to another work from literature, history, or popular culture

when several words in a row all begin with the same consonant sound

Mother to Son BY LANGSTON HUGHES Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time I’se been a-climbin’ on, And reachin’ landin’s, And turnin’ corners, And sometimes goin’ in the dark Where there ain’t been no light. So boy, don’t you turn back. Don’t you set down on the steps ’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard. Don’t you fall now— For I’se still goin’, honey, I’se still climbin’, And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. Lines 3-7 symbolize....

The struggles the speaker has faced in life

Challenges the speaker says her son will face

Problems faced by everyone else around the speaker.

Mother to Son BY LANGSTON HUGHES Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time I’se been a-climbin’ on, And reachin’ landin’s, And turnin’ corners, And sometimes goin’ in the dark Where there ain’t been no light. So boy, don’t you turn back. Don’t you set down on the steps ’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard. Don’t you fall now— For I’se still goin’, honey, I’se still climbin’, And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. Why does the speaker repeat the phrase "life for me ain't been no crystal stair"?

To emphasize how hard life has been.

To emphasize the importance of crystals.

To show how to persevere through hard times.

To show the importance of never giving up.

Figurative Language and Poetry Review

Quiz

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English

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6th - 8th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.8.4, RL.7.4, RL.6.4

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Standards-aligned

Joi Wooden

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Giving non-human things/ objects human actions or characteristics is:

personification

onomatopoeia

metaphor

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Comparing two or more unlike things using like or as is:

simile

metaphor

allusion

rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Comparing two or more unlike things not using like or as is.

metaphor

simile

rhythm

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Repeating the beginning consonant sounds (ex. Peter Piper..)

repetition

alliteration

onomatopoeia

refrain

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sound words:

rhyme

simile

onomatopoeia

refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An extreme exaggeration:

allusion

drama

metaphor

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A stanza is

a way to organize nonfiction writing

a paragraph

the division of lines in a poem

a way to organize prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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Comparing two or more unlike things using like or as is:

Comparing two or more unlike things not using like or as is.

Repeating the beginning consonant sounds (ex. Peter Piper..)

Sound words:

An extreme exaggeration:

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True or false: Lines in a poem have to have punctuation

repetition is .....

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