Poetic Devices Quiz

The repetition of the beginning sound of words close to each other.

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

The same end sound of words near each other, especially at the end of lines in poetry.

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Words that spell sounds.

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Giving non-human things human traits.

• Hyperbole

• Narrative Poem

• Stanza

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

An exaggeration.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Narrative poem

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

To compare two or more things, using the words "like" or "as".

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is a pattern of rhyming called in a poem?

• rhyme plan
• rhyme scheme
• rhyme dream
• rhyme clan

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a comparison NOT using like or as?

• metaphor
• rhyme scheme
• tone
• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which of the following is not an example of alliteration

• Sizzling sausages stick to the saucepan

• Big bumblebees buzz busily

• Mrs. Spinner is the best.

• The Pink Panther purred

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

'Her eyes were as bright as diamonds' is an example of a...

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D