Poetic Devices Quiz

the use of the same word or phrase more than once for emphasis

• repetition
• rhyme
• alliteration
• oxymoron
• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

a figure of speech in which two things are identified with each other; an implied comparison, without the use of like or as

• metaphor
• simile
• imagery
• symbol
• paradox

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.7.6

the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas, appealing to one of more of the senses

• imagery
• metaphor
• assonance
• symbol
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

two opposite words that when paired together form a phrase that makes sense

• oxymoron
• paradox
• imagery
• symbol
• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

a figure of speech in which two objects essentially different are compared and shown to have similarities, often (but not always) using like or as

• simile
• metaphor
• rhyme
• personification
• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

an object that stands for, or represents, an idea

• symbol
• onomatopoeia
• rhyme scheme
• metaphor
• paradox

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

• paradox
• oxymoron
• onomatopoeia
• rhyme
• imagery

Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.

• consonance
• alliteration
• metaphor
• imagery
• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

a word or phase that imitates the sound of the thing it describes

• onomatopoeia
• repetition
• simile
• paradox
• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

a figure of speech employing obvious exaggeration

• hyperbole
• personification
• repetition
• oxymoron
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6