Poetic Device Examples
Artificial architects are arguing arduously
Alliteration
Define: rhyme
When words end in the same sound.
Define: noun
Define: pronoun
Define: adjective
A noun is a naming word for people, places, object and ideas.
A pronoun is used instead of a noun (she/they)
An adjective modifies a noun.
Define: verb
Define: adverb
A verb describes what the subject of a sentence (a noun) is doing.
An adverb modifies a verb or adjective.
Which poem does this line come from?
"Between the crosses, row on row".
Flanders Fields
Boom! Crash! Bang! The trolley fell down the steps.
Onomatopoeia
Define: alliteration
When words start with the same sound.
Identify the two different types of nouns and give an example of each.
Common nouns (table, girl). Proper nouns (Mrs Saal, Melbourne).
Identify the two different types of verbs and give an example for each.
Action verb (the boy RAN)
Linking verb (the boy IS young)
Which poem does this line come from?
"The sacks in the toolshed smelt like the seaside"
Hide and Seek
She was swimming like a swan.
Simile
Define: onomatopoeia?
When words describe sounds.
What are the two sub-categories of Common Nouns? Give an example of each.
Concrete (laptop) and Abstract (hope)
What are the three categories of Adverbs?
When, Where and How
Which poem does this line come from?
"Hear the hoofbeats of tomorrow!
See the golden future rise!"
Beasts of England
The thunderous voice startled the children.
Metaphor
Define: personification
Identify the nouns and the adjectives in this example.
The slippery toad quickly crossed the rickety road.
Nouns: toad, road
Adjectives: slippery, rickety
Is the tense of the verb in the following example correct?
In P.E. class, the students had finish their exercises, so they packed up.
(finish)
No
Which poem does this line come from?
"'Alas', he cried, 'My neck is sore,
I cannot stretch it any more'"
The Thirsty Crow Gets Good Advice
The sun glared at me.
Personification
Where should a pronoun be used in the following example?
Daisy and her friend Becky went to the park. Daisy said to Becky, 'look, flowers'! Daisy and Becky picked wildflowers and brought them home to Daisy and Becky's mothers.
THEY picked wildflowers and brought them home to THEIR mothers.
Which word is the adverb modifying in the following example? What part of speech is that word?
The town's hero was surprisingly young.
Which poem does this line come from?
"The rigged up a Shutter with sail and oar,
And threatened to send him on a
Voyage of penance to Singapore"
Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore