Poetic Elements and Figurative Language

"My bedroom is a disaster area" is an example of what poetic device?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"My house is like a prison" is an example of what poetic device?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• A simile does NOT compare using "like" or "as" and a metaphor does compare using "like" or "as"

• A simile and a metaphor BOTH use "like" or "as" to compare

• A simile does compare using "like" or "as" and a metaphor does NOT compare using "like" or "as"

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses are called... 

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• stanza

• rhyme

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Read the following poem. Pay attention to the lines in red.
Dreams
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

What type of figurative language is in the red lines?

• personification 

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

the attitude of the speaker of the poem, such as angry, sad, serious, or humorous

• rhyme

• tone

• rhythm

• imagery

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the feeling you get as you listen to a poem

• tone

• rhyme

• mood

• imagery

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which of the following is NOT an example of rhyme?

• I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.

• And our fish came down, too. He fell into a pot.  He said, "Do I like this? Oh, no! I do not!"

• Then he shut up the things in a box with a hook.  And the cat went away with a sad kind of look.

• And THEN! Who was back in the house? Why, the cat!

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of these is NOT an example of repetition?

• Would you eat them in a box?  Would you eat them with a fox?

• I do not like them here or there, I do not like them anywhere!

• I would not could not with a goat, I would not could not in a boat!

• Say! I like green eggs and ham!

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of these does NOT contain personification?

• “I think you’re a fool!” laughed the sour kangaroo and the young kangaroo in her pouch said, “Me, too!"

• On the 15th of May, in the Jungle of Nool, In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, He was splashing… enjoying the jungle’s great joys… When Horton the elephant heard a small noise. 

• Sighed Mayzie, a lazy bird hatching an egg: “I’m tired and I’m bored And I’ve kinks in my leg From sitting, just sitting here day after day.

• The elephant laughed. “Why, of all silly things! I haven’t feathers and I haven’t wings. Me on your egg? Why, that doesn’t make sense… Your egg is so small, ma’am, and I’m so immense!”

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CCSS.L.6.5A