Poetic Devices Practice

What poetic device is used in 'The crazy lady is very lazy.'?

• metaphor

• personification

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

What poetic device is used in 'The tree bark was rough against her skin.'?

• Imagery

• personification

• symbolism

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Buzz, goes the blue fly, / Hum, goes the bee,

Buzz and hum they cry, / And so do we:

Which technique is being used?

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

What is a metaphor?

• an extreme exaggeration

• a comparison between two unlike things using like or or

• a non-human thing is given a human characteristic

• a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

What poetic device is used in 'The gracious green grass grew quickly.'?

• rhyme

• repetition

• symbolism

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is personification?

• an extreme exaggeration

• a comparison between two unlike things using like or or

• a non-human thing is given a human characteristic

• a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

What is alliteration?

• an extreme exaggeration

• the repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• a non-human thing is given a human characteristic

• the use of a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning

What is onomatopoeia?

• an extreme exaggeration

• the repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• a non-human thing is given a human characteristic

• the use of a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning

What type of figurative language is being used? The moon is a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is being used? Your words were like knives and swords.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole