Poetry Examples

When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called

• scheme

• rhyme

• alliteration

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

words that are used within a poem repeatedly to express a certain point

• rhyme

• repetition

• stanza

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

comparing two things WITHOUT using LIKE or AS is called

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of ...

• alliteration

• personification

• rhyme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Several lines grouped together in a poem

• line

• stanza

• poetry

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

comparing two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Giving human characteristics to animals or objects" is a definition of:

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"The use of words that sound like what they describe" is a definition of:

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the following stanza and decide which two poetic devices the author uses.
"I am Super Sampson Simpson,
I'm superlatively strong.
I like to carry elephants,
I do it all day long.
I pick up half a dozen
and hoist them in the air.
It's really somewhat simple,
for I have strength to spare."

• simile, onomatopoeia

• alliteration, hyperbole

• metaphor, personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'" is a definition of:

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3