Poetic Devices Quiz

The repetition of the beginning sound of words close to each other.

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

To use a word or line two or more times in the same poem.

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

To compare two or more things, using the words "like" or "as".

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

An author's choice of words to appeal to any of the five senses.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Imagery & Sensory Language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

A conversation between two or more characters.

• Narrative Poem

• Dialogue

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

A group of lines in a poem

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Hyperbole

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.6.6

This type of poem tells a story.

• Stanza

• Narrative Poem

• Onomatopoeia

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

An exaggeration.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Narrative poem

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Giving non-human things human traits.

• Hyperbole

• Narrative Poem

• Stanza

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

To claim that one thing is another thing in order to highlight a characteristic they share.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6