Similes & Metaphors
Alliteration & Assonance
Hyperbole & Oxymoron
Rhyme & Repetition
Onomatopoeia & Personification
100
"A comparison of two unlike things using like or as" defines what poetic device?
What is a simile.
100
"Repetition of consonants at the beginning of words" defines what poetic device?
What is alliteration.
100
"A great exaggeration" defines what poetic device.
What is a hyperbole.
100
"Words or phrases that are repeated" defines what poetic device?
What is repetition.
100
"Words that sound like the name of the word" defines what poetic device?
What is onomatopoeia.
200
"A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as" defines what poetic device?
What is a metaphor.
200
"A repetition of vowels anywhere in the words of a line" defines what poetic device?
What is assonance.
200
"A seeming contradiction in two words put together" defines what poetic device?
What is an oxymoron.
200
"Sound alike endings of words" defines what poetic device?
What is rhyme.
200
"An inanimate object is given human like characteristics" defines what poetic device?
What is personification.
300
"Her eyes shined bright like a diamond" is an example of what poetic device?
What is a simile.
300
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of what poetic device?
What is alliteration.
300
"Living dead" is an example of what poetic device?
What is an oxymoron.
300
"I'm going to have some fun, I hope I don't get shot by a gun" is an example of what poetic device?
What is rhyme.
300
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Give an example of personification.
400
"The doctor inspected the rash with a vulture's eye" is an example of what poetic device?
What is a metaphor.
400
"Please bake me a date cake" is an example of what poetic device?
What is assonance.
400
"I will just die if I don't go to the party" is an example of what poetic device?
What is a hyperbole.
400
"Because there is hope, because there is love, because there is beauty, I can go on" is an example of what poetic device?
What is repetition.
400
""Pop" goes the weasel" is an example of what poetic device?
What is onomatopoeia.
500
True or false: if you take away the "like" or "as" in a simile, it remains a simile.
What is false.
500
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Give an example of assonance.
500
True or false: An oxymoron can be a full line of words.
False.
500
True or false: It is still repetition, if it's the same word over and over again.
True.
500
"The quiet tree danced in the wind" is an example of what poetic device?
What is personification.
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