Poetic Devices

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The night was as dark as coal.

• The stars blinked in the sky.

• Time is a relentless pursuer.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the phrase "whispers of the wind," what type of poetic device is used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which phrase is an example of alliteration?

• Sally sells seashells
• The cat meowed loudly

• The raindrops danced

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which phrase is an example of hyperbole?

• The river flowed gently.

• The stars blinked in the sky.

• I'm so tired I could run a marathon.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of poetic device is used in the phrase "silence screamed"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the literary device used in the expression "the door creaked loudly"?

• metaphor
• alliteration

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the poetic device used in the phrase "the flowers danced in the breeze".

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a metaphor?

• The use of words that imitate the sounds they describe.

• Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• Giving human qualities to non-human entities.

• Compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other.

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is onomatopoeia?

• Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• The use of words that imitate the sounds they describe.

• Giving human qualities to non-human entities.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative language is present in the phrase "the moon was a ghostly galleon"?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A