Poetry Device Quiz

 the central or main idea, often abstract explored or illustrated in a 

text

• theme

• mood

• irony

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

objects that represent or evoke an idea or concept of wider, 

abstract significance

• theme

• imagery

• symbol

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a huge exaggeration.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• mood

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a comparison using like or as

• metaphor

• imagery

• mood

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

 when the author paints a vivid picture for the reader to imagine

• mood

• imagery

• symbol

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

 where human feelings or sensations are attributed to an 

inanimate object

• imagery

• theme

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the opposite of what is expected

• theme

• oxymoron

• dramatic irony

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

 the effect of words that imitate the sound of things

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• imagery

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a comparison not using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5