Poetic Term Review

"Slimy, silky spiders slowly sneaking southwards" is an example of what poetic term?

• simile

• alliteration

• assonance

• imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Assonance is......

• Words that match in sound

• Words that sound like the item being described

• The repetition of vowel sounds in words to create effect

• An obvious exaggeration used for effect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that sound like the item being described is called.....

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of these is an example of imagery?

• Once I dive into these pages I may not come up for ages

• Raining cats and dogs

• Lightning danced across the sky

• Blue green like a crayon is the glistening, warm water. The brownish sand is warm between my welcoming toes.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Comparison of two items, made explicit by using as or like is called....

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An implicit comparison between two items that are not normally connected is a....

• symbolism

• metaphor

• rhyme

• rhythm

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"Lightning danced across the sky" is an example of....

• imagery

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

An obvious exaggeration used for effect is.....

• hyperbole

• repetition

• rhyme

• symbolism

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Is the pope Catholic?" is an example of a....

• assonance

• symbolism

• rhyme

• rhetorical question

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Once I dive into these pages I may not come up for ages" shows a poem with....

• assonance

• rhyme

• repetition

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A