Poetic Devices

Which poetic device is used in the following sentence?

Toby was as strong as an ox.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The repetition of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of a group of words is called:

• alliteration

• assonance

• allusion

• anthropomorphism

The sentence "She is a ball of energy." is an example of:

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• oxymoron

What is personification?

• The same sound being repeated

• A word that is a sound

• An exaggeration

• Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What structure is poetry written in?

• lines and stanzas

• sentences and stanzas

• lines and paragraphs

• sentences and paragraphs

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The pattern that sometimes comes at the end of each line in poetry is called a poem's...

• couplet

• limerick

• rhyme scheme

• triplet

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?

They put me in the oven to bake.

Me, a deprived and miserable cake.

Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.

Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.

-"The Life of a Cupcake" by Shelby Greer

• rhythm

• assonance

• AABB

• personification

Which two poetic devices does the following contain:

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch

You really are a heel

You're as cuddly as a cactus

You're as charming as an eel

-"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"

• allusion and symbolism

• simile and allusion

• metaphor and symbolism

• simile and metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which poetic device do the following lyrics feature?

I feel glorious, glorious

Got a chance to start again

I was born for this, born for this

It's who I am, how could I forget?

-Macklemore, "Glorious"

• oxymoron

• repetition

• couplet

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

If you are using figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas to appeal to your reader's senses, your poetry is full of...

• couplets

• imagery

• a sonnet

• idioms

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5