Poetic Devices One
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration?
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics.
What is personification?
Words that imitate a sound.
What is Onomatopoeia?
describes the rhythm (or pattern of beats) in a line of poetry.
What is Meter?
The attitude of the speaker
What is tone?
A reference to a person, event, or literary work outside the poem.
What is an allusion?
This is an exaggerated statement.
What is a hyperbole?
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
A group of words in a poem
What is a line
A group of lines repeated throughout a poem
What is a Refrain
The pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza.
What is rhyme scheme?
“I’ve told you a million times”
is an example of what type of poetic device?
What is hyperbole
What is: painting a picture in the reader’s mind using sensory details
What is Imagery?
A comparison not using like or as!
What is a Metaphor?
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile compares two things using “like” or “as,” while a metaphor does not
Which type of poem does NOT follow any specific rhyme scheme or meter?
What is Free Verse Poetry
Identified by the repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words
What is the consonance?
Describes how word choice, subject matter, and the author's tone convey an overall feeling that characterizes the emotional landscape of a poem for readers.
What is mood?
Takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound
What is Assonance?
What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza?
"The cat sat on the mat
He wore a tiny hat
The dog began to bark
As they played in the park."
AABB
What type of poem is a 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, often about love?
What is Sonnet
A grouped set of lines within a poem.
What is a Stanza?
What type of poem follows a strict pattern of 19 lines with repeating lines and a specific rhyme scheme (ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA)?
What is a Villanelle
Which type of poetry uses a strict sequence of words or phrases but does not focus on rhyme?
What is an Acrostic poem
The way the poem is laid out on the page is called...
What is the Form
One example is when something is written or said but the words are not truly what was meant. More specifically, the implied meaning is different from the literal meaning.
Which type of poem follows a 5-7-5 syllable pattern and often focuses on nature?
What is a Haiku
What is a humorous five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme?
What is a Limerick
A Shakespearean sonnet is made up of how many Stanzas?
What is four
The beat and movement of language (rise and fall, repetition and variation, change of pitch, mix of syllables, melody of words).
What is Rhythm?