Exploring Literary Devices

What is a metaphor? Provide an example.

• A metaphor is a synonym for a hyperbole. Example: 'I have a ton of homework.'

• A metaphor is a type of simile that uses 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'He runs like the wind.'

• A metaphor is a figure of speech that implies a comparison between two unlike things. Example: 'Time is a thief.'

• A metaphor is a literal description of an object. Example: 'The sky is blue.'

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Identify the literary device: 'Her smile was like the sun.'

• repetition

• metaphor

• anaphora

• simile

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CCSS.L.3.5A

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Identify the line containing an caesura:

• And I - I took the road less traveled by.

• Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

• Once upon a midnight dreary, as I pondered weak and weary...

• Tomorrow never dies.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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What is personification? Give an example from a poem.

• In Robert Frost's "The Road Less Traveled", a person is presented with a difficult decision by a fork in the road.

• In Poe's "The Raven", the narrator is tormented by the thoughts of a deceased loved one represented by a raven.

• In Wordsworth's 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' the daffodils are described as 'dancing' in the breeze.

• In Kipling's "If", the word if is repeated several times to emphasize the importance to the reader.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

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Define anaphora and provide an example from literature.

• Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. Example: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times' from 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens.

• Anaphora is the use of metaphors in poetry. Example: 'To be or not to be' from 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare.

• Anaphora refers to the use of similes in prose. Example: 'All the world's a stage' from 'As You Like It' by William Shakespeare.

• Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of sentences. Example: 'I have a dream' from 'I Have a Dream' speech by Martin Luther King Jr.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is enjambment, and how does it affect the flow of a poem?

• Enjambment is a type of rhyme that occurs at the end of a line.

• Enjambment refers to a pause at the end of a line in poetry.

• Enjambment is a technique used to create a fixed structure in a poem.

• Enjambment is a technique a thought or phrase extends beyond the end of a line.

What is the best example of assonance?

• Although the artsy ant was red, it ate antiseptic paste.

• The sun danced in the sky on the beautiful day.

• How now, brown cow?

• The track was sticky with tacky glue.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

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CCSS.L.6.5

What is the best example of alliteration?

• Although the artsy ant was red, it ate antiseptic paste.

• The sun danced in the sky on the beautiful day

• How now brown cow?

• The track was sticky with tacky glue.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

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The best definition of rhyme scheme is...

• Rhyme scheme is how many syllables a stanza contains.

• A rhyme scheme is the indication of stress.

• Rhyme scheme is when a poem has words that have similar endings and phonemes.

• Rhyme scheme is the indication of metaphors.

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What is symbolism?

• Identifying something beyond the literal meaning.

• When you compare 2 things using like or as.

• When you compare 2 things without using like or as.

• A line in poetry that references another well-known event.

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