Poetry Practice

A ​ (a)   compares two things using the words ​like or ​as .

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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The repetition of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of a group of words is called:

• alliteration

• assonance

• allusion

• anthropomorphism

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech where exaggeration is used for effect or to stress a point...

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• irony

• oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing...

• allusion

• personification

• symbolism

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is personification?

• The same sound being repeated

• A word that is a sound

• An exaggeration

• Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

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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

What structure is poetry written in?

• lines and stanzas

• sentences and stanzas

• lines and paragraphs

• sentences and paragraphs

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The pattern that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry is called a poem's...

• couplet

• limerick

• rhyme scheme

• triplet

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which poetic device do the following lyrics feature?

I feel glorious, glorious

Got a chance to start again

I was born for this, born for this

It's who I am, how could I forget?

-Macklemore, "Glorious"

• oxymoron

• repetition

• couplet

• stanza

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

If you are using figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas to appeal to your reader's senses, your poetry is full of...

• couplets

• imagery

• a sonnet

• idioms

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

This device allows a writer or poet to add a double layer of meaning to their work as shown below. (Note how the author uses ___________ when she uses 'light' to represent hope and happiness.)

A light exists in Spring

Not present on the year

At any other period-

When March is scarcely here

-Emily Dickinson

• symbolism

• personification

• rhythm

• sonnet

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5