Poetry Examples

What device is used here:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Define "rhyme."

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as."

• The repetition of a letter.

• The repetition of an ending sound.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The wind sadly whispered through the trees." This is an example of ...

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Her smile was as bright as sunshine." This is an example of...

• Rhyme

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Repetition

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The repetition of vowel sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Theme

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• He is a very smart boy.

• I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.

• This is a good song.

• I do not like this show.

The lake was a golden mirror. This is an example of ...

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The place where a line of poetry ends to give a poem a particular look is called ...

• Line break

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

A word or line that is repeated throughout a poem to create a certain effect is ...

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Rhythm

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4