Literary Devices in Poetry
Authored by Ellie Charlton
English
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the term "Alliteration" refer to in literature?
A metrical line ending at a grammatical boundary
Associations
An indicated pause in the middle of the line
Occurrence of same letter or sounds at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the meaning of "Allusion"?
Repeated words/phrases at the start of a line
Indirectly hints at something 'alludes' to
Associations
A metrical line ending at a grammatical boundary
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does "Ambiguous" mean?
Associations
Obscure or unclear
An indicated pause in the middle of the line
Repeated words/phrases at the start of a line
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is "Anaphora" commonly used to describe?
A metrical line ending at a grammatical boundary
Associations
Repeated words/phrases at the start of a line
An indicated pause in the middle of the line
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is "Assonance" in the context of poetry?
Occurrence of same letter or sounds at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Associations
Resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels but not consonants
An indicated pause in the middle of the line
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does "Caesura" denote in poetry?
Associations
A metrical line ending at a grammatical boundary
An indicated pause in the middle of the line
Repeated words/phrases at the start of a line
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are "Connotations"?
An indicated pause in the middle of the line
Associations
Occurrence of same letter or sounds at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
A metrical line ending at a grammatical boundary
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
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