Poetic Devices

Which of these is NOT figurative language? 

• simile
• hyperbole
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing to another using "like" or "as"

• simile
• metaphor
• extended metaphor
• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Compares two things that are different

• extended metaphor
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Compares two things at length

• simile
• extended metaphor
• hyperbole
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally 

• extended metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Human qualities given to animals, objects or ideas

• simile
• personification
• hyperbole
• alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• personification
• symbolism
• hyperbole
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of these is NOT a sound device?

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• onomotopoeia
• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

repetition of the same sounds in a group of words; usually the same first letter for a bunch of words in a row.

• repetition

• rhyme

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repeating the same word or phrase to make an idea clearer 

• Onomatopoeia
• Rhyme
• Alliteration
• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4