Literary Elements in Poetry

"My skin is like a canvas tent," is an example of:

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• symbolism

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis is:

• repetition
• personification
• rhythm
• assonance

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The use of items to signify ideas and qualities by giving them representative meanings that are different from their literal sense.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• symbolism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers," is an example of:

• symbol
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"He was as fast as winter break," is an example of:

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• symbolism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"The baby was a spider as he crawled around the room," is an example of:

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• symbolism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"The bathroom sink drip-drips, drip-drips," is an example of:

• alliteration
• personification
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"She was like a rainy Sunday," is an example of:

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• symbolism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison that does not use "like" or "as" is a:

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• symbolism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A group of lines that form a division of a poem is a(n):

• line
• stanza
• couplet
• ballad

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CCSS.RL.7.4