Poetic Devices Review
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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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Kate Green
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4 Slides • 12 Questions
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Let's start by seeing what you know.
Answer the following questions without looking up the answers! We first need to see what you already know.
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Match
Match the term to the example.
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Love is the north star to every ship.
You are like sunshine on a cloudy day.
From forth the fatal loins of the foes
O, woe is Joe! Though he tried, oh!
Hickory dickory dock, tick tock!
Love is the north star to every ship.
You are like sunshine on a cloudy day.
From forth the fatal loins of the foes
O, woe is Joe! Though he tried, oh!
Hickory dickory dock, tick tock!
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Match
Match the term to the example.
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Repetition
Oxymoron
The Sun smiled down at me.
Boom! Pow! Bang! Clang! Pop!
I could eat a million burgers!
Thus die I, thus, thus, thus. Die, die!
Pretty ugly
The Sun smiled down at me.
Boom! Pow! Bang! Clang! Pop!
I could eat a million burgers!
Thus die I, thus, thus, thus. Die, die!
Pretty ugly
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements contains paradox?
You may choose more than one answer.
Break a leg!
Death, you shall die!
You should cut yourself some slack.
You save money by spending it.
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of antithesis?
There they go, waging war one minute and promoting peace the next.
All cruel leaders should be destroyed; we will have no part of their world.
I will not say what should be said, for there are not words left within me.
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Multiple Choice
A heart is a symbol of ______, and a 4-leaf clover is a symbol of _____.
rage, unhappiness
love, luck
anger, joy
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Multiple Choice
Imagery is created in writing through the use of...
a team of writers.
similes and metaphors only.
a variety of unusual literary devices.
vivid description.
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Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Repetition
Oxymoron
Paradox
Antithesis
Symbol
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Imagery
Personification
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Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Repetition
Oxymoron
Paradox
Antithesis
Symbol
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Imagery
Personification
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Match
Match the term to the example.
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Love is the north star to every ship.
You are like sunshine on a cloudy day.
From forth the fatal loins of the foes
O, woe is Joe! Though he tried, oh!
Hickory dickory dock, tick tock!
Love is the north star to every ship.
You are like sunshine on a cloudy day.
From forth the fatal loins of the foes
O, woe is Joe! Though he tried, oh!
Hickory dickory dock, tick tock!
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Match
Match the term to the example.
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Repetition
Oxymoron
The Sun smiled down at me.
Boom! Pow! Bang! Clang! Pop!
I could eat a million burgers!
Thus die I, thus, thus, thus. Die, die!
Pretty ugly
The Sun smiled down at me.
Boom! Pow! Bang! Clang! Pop!
I could eat a million burgers!
Thus die I, thus, thus, thus. Die, die!
Pretty ugly
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of antithesis?
There they go, waging war one minute and promoting peace the next.
All cruel leaders should be destroyed; we will have no part of their world.
I will not say what should be said, for there are not words left within me.
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements contains paradox?
You may choose more than one answer.
Break a leg!
Death, you shall die!
You should cut yourself some slack.
You save money by spending it.
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Multiple Choice
A heart is a symbol of ______, and a 4-leaf clover is a symbol of _____.
rage, unhappiness
love, luck
anger, joy
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Multiple Choice
Imagery is created in writing through the use of...
a team of writers.
similes and metaphors only.
a variety of unusual literary devices.
vivid description.
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