Poetic Devices

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English
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6th Grade
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Hard
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Tiffany Espinosa
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is the term for a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art?
Alliteration
Allusion
Stanza
Enjambment
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which poetic device involves almost all words starting with the same letter?
Rhyme
Rhythm
Alliteration
Anaphora
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Identify the term that describes a group of lines that make up a poem.
Stanza
Epistrophe
Enjambment
Repetition
Tags
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.L.7.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is the term for the pattern of beats or stresses in a poem or song?
Rhythm
Rhyme
Allusion
Anaphora
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which poetic device is used when a sentence or phrase runs from one line to the next without a punctuation mark?
Enjambment
Alliteration
Stanza
Epistrophe
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.5.10
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.4.10
CCSS.RI.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Match the following example to the correct poetic device: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Allusion
Alliteration
Rhyme
Anaphora
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which term describes when the beginning of a line in a poem is repeated?
Epistrophe
Anaphora
Repetition
Enjambment
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
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