Poetic Devices

Poetic Devices

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English

6th - 8th Grade

Easy

CCSS
L.4.5, RL.7.4, RI.8.4

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Monica Medcalf

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which poetic device is used in the following sentence?


Toby was as strong as an ox.

metaphor

personification

simile

allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Identify which poetic device is used in the sentence below:


The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.

alliteration

metaphor

personification

assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The repetition of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of a group of words is called:

alliteration

assonance

allusion

anthropomorphism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A figure of speech where exaggeration is used for effect or to stress a point...

onomatopoeia

hyperbole

irony

oxymoron

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing...

allusion

personification

symbolism

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The sentence "She is a walking dictionary." is an example of:

personification

metaphor

simile

oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is personification?

The same sound being repeated

A word that is a sound

An exaggeration

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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