Poetic Devices

Poetic Devices

6th Grade

15 Qs

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Poetic Devices

Poetic Devices

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.7.4, RI.8.4, W.6.2D

+18

Standards-aligned

Created by

Tiffany Espinosa

Used 3+ times

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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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