Poetic Devices One
the succession of two or more words that share the same letter or sound at the beginning of the word.
What is Alliteration?
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics.
What is personification?
An example of this poetic device is:
The flowers danced wildly in the wind.
What is personification?
An Example of this device might be:
"She saw a shining star afar"
What is alliteration?
Rows of words in a poem, often numbered.
What is a line?
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
The use of language to represent objects, actions, feelings, thoughts, ideas, states of mind, and any sensory or extra-sensory experience.
What is Imagery?
An example of this poetic device is:
Her smile was as bright as the sun.
What is a simile?
An example of this poetic device is:
POW, BANG, CRASH
What is Onomatopoeia?
A comparison not using like or as.
What is a Metaphor?
An example of this device is:
"Once upon a time / I caught a little rhyme"
What is rhyme?
The pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza.
What is rhyme scheme?
The repetition of vowel sounds within words in close proximity, adding musicality to a line.
What is Assonance?
An Example of this poetic device might be:
"The golden leaves crunched underfoot"
What is imagery?
Repeating words of phrases for emphasis or rhythm.
What is Reptition?
An Example of this poetic device might be:
"An the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain"
What is assonance?
An example of this poetic device is:
The color blue represents sadness.
What is symbolism?
Words that imitate a sound.
What is Onomatopoeia?
A grouped set of lines within a poem.
What is a Stanza?
An Example of this device is:
"The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,"
What is repetition?