Poetic Devices Quiz

What is the definition of Alliteration?

• Repetition of initial sounds

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Words that imitate natural sounds

• Repetition of a word or phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Give an example of hyperbole.

• The sun smiled down on me

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• The wind whispered through the trees

• The cat sat on the mat

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the definition of Onomatopoeia?

• Repetition of initial sounds

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Words that imitate natural sounds

• Repetition of a word or phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of stanza?

• A group of lines forming a poem's paragraph

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Words that imitate natural sounds

• Repetition of a word or phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the definition of apostrophe?

• A figure of speech in which a thing, an animal, or an abstract term is addressed as if it were present

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Words that imitate natural sounds

• Repetition of a word or phrase

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Give an example of metaphor.

• He is a mountain!

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• The wind whispered through the trees

• The cat sat on the mat

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Give an example of simile.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• She is as fast as a cheetah

• The wind whispered through the trees

• The cat sat on the mat

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Give an example of personification.

• She is as fast as a cheetah

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• The wind whispered through the trees

• The cat sat on the mat

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is the definition of anaphora?

• The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a line

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Words that imitate natural sounds

• A comparison using like or as

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of enjambment?

• A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next.

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Words that imitate natural sounds

• Repetition of a word or phrase

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4