ELA Poetic Devices

In which poetic device are human qualities and actions attributed to an inanimate object.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

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CCSS.L.6.5A

'Come and clean the chaos in your closet,' is an example of

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

'The sun is a sparkling diamond,' is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

They fought like cats and dogs.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Use of over-exaggeration to create emphasis or humour is

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

' In the dark morning, the man laughed sadly.' This is an example of

• personification

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• simile

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Boom!

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which of these is an example of hyperbole?

• Kid, you'll move mountains!
• You've got brains in your head, you've got feet in your shoes...
• You'll find the bright places where boom bands are playing!
• You'll find the high flyers who fly to great heights!

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

If you are using figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas to appeal to your reader's senses, your poetry is full of...

• couplets

• imagery

• a sonnet

• idioms

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• personification
• symbolism
• hyperbole
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D