Poetic Devices Examples
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English
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7th Grade
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Hard
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Exaggeration for dramatic effect. Example: I have a million papers to grade.
Assonance
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
End Rhyme
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Use of words that resemble the sounds they mean Examples: Boom! Bang! Crash!
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Internal Rhyme
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Rhyme in which the rhyming words occur at the ends of lines Example: Roses are red; violets are blue, Sugar is sweet and so are you.
Internal Rhyme
Assonance
End Rhyme
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A direct comparison not using like or as when one thing is said to be another. Example: War is a game of checkers. He is a mammoth.
Allusion
Diction
End Rhyme
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Internal "feel" of beat and meter perceived when poetry is read aloud. This device is measured in feet (measurement of stressed/ unstressed syllables) and meter (recurring pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables in lines of a set length.)
Symbolism
Theme
Imagery
Rhythm
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Rhyme in which the rhyming words occur within a line or lines of poetry. Example: Mother Nature sends fresh showers for thirsty flowers.
Personification
Internal Rhyme
End Rhyme
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A contradiction in two words put together. Examples: Jumbo Shrimp, Little Giants, Pretty Ugly.
Hyperbole
Allusion
Diction
Oxymoron
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
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