Poetic Device & Poetry Comprehension

It's so cold outside
I'm getting dressed inside
my sleeping bag.
I wriggle, scootch,
scruntch, and jiggle.Flop
Front flips, back flips-
I'm a caterpillar in a cozy cloth cocoon
that zips.
What poetic device did the author use in the green lines?

• Similie
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Like a hawk I soar above
balconies and bluffs.
A bewildering blur
Which poetic device did the author use in the last 2 lines of this poem?

• Alliteration
• Sensory Language
• Similie
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The line of traffic moves forward so slow
Like a small inchworm along the dry ground."
The poet compares the traffic to an inchworm to show that the traffic-

• is in a tunnel
• cannot leave the ground
• moves bit by bit
• travels quietly 

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

" When the cold, harsh winter has given it's last breath,
When the sky above shows life instead of death,
When the claws, reaching to the frozen sky becomes decorated with leaves..."
This stanza is mostly about-

• the seasons changing
• winter
• the sunrise
• the wind

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

"The tires on my bike are flat.
The sky is dark and gray.
At least it sure feels like that
Since Hanna moved away."
Which word best describes the mood or feeling the poet creates in this poem?

• anxious
• hopeless
• optimistic
• admiring 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which of these lines contains an alliteration? 

• there have months
• in the summer sometimes
• but I'd never trade the good times
• that have given me so much

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My baby brother's such a chore.
What do I have to watch him for?
"Please include him in your play."
Mom asks so nice, what can I say?
Which word best describes how the speaker feels about his brother?

• proud
• annoyed
• curious
• furious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?

-"Firework", Katy Perry

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My mother is a machine

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is an example of simile?

• The runner crossed the finish line as if she were a peacock, overconfident and flashy.

• The runner was a hawk flying past her opponents and scaring her prey.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D