Long Way Down Poetic Devices Practice Quiz

"But the ground definitely felt like it opened up and ate me" (Reynolds 13).

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allusion

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Lots and lots of sirens, howling, cutting through the sounds of the city. Except the screams. The screams are always heard over everything. Even the sirens" (Reynolds 17).

• Simile

• Allusion

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Cops flashed lights in our faces and we all turned to stone" (Reynolds 18).

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Stanza

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Ears filled up with heartbeats like my head was being held under water" (Reynolds 20).

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"we can usually look up and see the moon, big and bright, shining over us" (Reynolds 21).

• Simile

• Personification

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"... and looked at Shawn lying there like a piece of furniture left outside" (Reynolds 22).

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Blood soaking into a T-shirt, blue jeans, and boots looks a lot like chocolate syrup" (Reynolds 23).

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Curse the invisible thing trying to eat her" (Reynolds 25).

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Shawn was zipped into a bag and rolled away, his blood added to the pavement galaxy of bubblegum stars" (Reynolds 28).

• Imagery

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"I felt like crying" (Reynolds 30).

• Simile

• Metaphor

• None

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4