Literary Devices
Sam sells sandwiches on Sunday is an example of what?
What is alliteration?
This can be found at the end of a Shakespearean Sonnet (last two lines).
What is a rhyming couplet?
This poem consists of 3 lines with, 5-7-5 syllables respectively
What is a haiku?
What is the beat created by the sounds and words in a poem?
Rhythm
"The ocean danced in the moonlight," is an example of what?
What is personification?
This is the term for a stanza with three lines.
What is a tercet?
A poem that reflects upon death or loss.
What is an elegy?
The attitude writers have towards their subject.
What is tone?
Poor as a church mouse. strong as an ox, cute as a button, smart as a fox. These are all examples of what?
What are similes?
What is a paragraph-like grouping of lines in a poem called?
This poem has no more and no less than 5 lines and is trivial/comedic.
What is a limmerick?
What is the reuse of words or phrases to create a rhythmic or visual effect?
What is repetition?
Used by authors to hint at future events in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? Evening red and morning grey, Are the signs of a sunny day. Evening grey and morning red, Bring rain on the farmer's head.
What is AABB?
This type of poem has 14 lines with a rhyming couplet at the end.
What is a sonnet?
two opposite things, placed side-by-side, often to show contrast
What is juxtaposition?
"For then my thoughts -- from far where I abide/ Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee/" What literary device is used?
A stanza containing 4 lines is called this.
What is a quatrain?
A form of narrative verse that can be either poetic or musical. Many of them tell a story, although this is not a mandatory attribute of the form.
What is a ballad?
the continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break
What is enjambment?