Poetic Devices
This is a literary device, in which the repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems or songs
What is RHYME?
This figure of speech compares two unlike objects or concepts through the use of "like" or "as".
What is SIMILE ?
All those moments will be lost in time, like… tears in rain.
What is SIMILE ?
Red sky in the morning
Sailors take warning
What is RHYME ?
RHYME
What is the repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems or songs?
INTERNAL/MIDDLE RHYME
What is a poetic device in which its middle words and its end words rhyme with one another.
This device makes a comparison between two unlike things.
What is METAPHOR ?
This poetic device uses figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
What is IMAGERY ?
They're gonna hear the echo, echo, echo
What is ECHO ?
Age is a state of mind.
What is METAPHOR ?
Echo
What is a type of verse in which the repetition of the end of a line or stanza imitates an echo?
HYPERBOLE
What is a device that involves using an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
A poetic device in which its middle words and its end words rhyme with one another.
What is INTERNAL/MIDDLE RHYME ?
This literary device involves intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work.
What is REPETITION ?
while I pondered, weak and weary
What is ALLITERATION ?
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner.
What is INTERNAL/MIDDLE RHYME ?
ALLUSION
What is a reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance?
REPETITION
What is a device that involves intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work.
This is a common form of metaphor in which human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things.
What is PERSONIFICATION ?
This is a type of verse in which the repetition of the end of a line or stanza imitates an echo.
What is ECHO ?
the louder you are, the less they hear
What is PARADOX ?
The sun glared down at me from the sky.
What is PERSONIFICATION ?
SIMILE
What is a figure of speech that compares two unlike objects or concepts through the use of "like" or "as"?
METAPHOR
What is a device that makes a comparison between two unlike things.
This device involves using an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
What is HYPERBOLE ?
Easily found in tongue twisters, this is the occurrence of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is ALLITERATION ?
The barn was very large. It was very old. It smelled of hay and it smelled of manure.
What is IMAGERY ?
“Oh! Stars and clouds and winds"
What is APOSTROPHE ?
PARADOX
What is a statement that appears at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection, then makes sense?
PERSONIFICATION
What is a form of metaphor in which human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things?
This device is commonly used to replace a word or phrase that is related to a concept which might make others uncomfortable.
What is EUPHEMISM ?
This is a statement that appears at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense.
What is PARADOX ?
I’m dying of thirst.
What is HYPERBOLE ?
“You don’t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.”
What is REPETITION ?
EUPHEMISM
What is a device used to replace a word or phrase that is related to a concept which might make others uncomfortable?
IMAGERY
What is a device that uses figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
When this device is used, a writer or speaker speaks directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or speaks to an inanimate object.
What is APOSTROPHE ?
This is a reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
What is ALLUSION ?
Chocolate was her Achilles' heel.
What is ALLUSION / METAPHOR?
The following is an example of Alliteration but it is also this device?
"The platoon encountered friendly fire."
What is EUPHEMISM ?
APOSTROPHE
What is a device in which a writer or speaker speaks directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or speaks to an inanimate object?
ALLITERATION
What is the occurrence of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.