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8th Grade Poetry Test

Authored by Edward Hernandez

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8th Grade

CCSS covered

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8th Grade Poetry Test
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the correct syllable count for each line in a limerick?

7,7,5,5,7

9,9,6,6,9

8,8,5,5,8

5,5,8,8,5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary device is used to create a visual image in the reader's mind?

Metaphor

Simile

Imagery

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary device is used to compare two like things using "like" or "as"?

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which literary device gives human qualities to non-human things?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet?

ABBA ABBA CDCCDC

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

AABB CCDD EEFF GG

ABAB BCBC CDCD EE

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary device/figurative language is used in the passage "Double double toil in trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble"?

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

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