Poetic Devices One
The repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words
What is Consonance?
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics.
What is personification?
Words that imitate a sound.
What is Onomatopoeia?
An exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
An example of this poetic device is:
Her smile was as bright as the sun.
What is a simile?
A reference to a person, event, or literary work outside the poem.
What is an allusion?
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 descriptive language that appeals to the various senses.
What is Imagery?
An example of this poetic device is:
The flowers danced wildly in the wind.
What is personification?
The pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza.
What is rhyme scheme?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is a hyperbole.
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?
Repeating words of phrases for emphasis or rhythm.
What is Repetition?
A line that continues onto the next line without a pause, creating flow and a sense of continuation.
What is enjambment?
The overall feeling created by the author/the emotional landscape of a poem for readers.
What is mood?
The repetition of vowel sounds within words in close proximity.
What is Assonance?
An Example of this poetic device might be:
"The golden leaves crunched underfoot"
What is imagery?
An Example of this device is:
"Sing to me, Autumn, with the rustle of your leaves."
What is Personification?
A grouped set of lines within a poem.
What is a Stanza?
An Example of this poetic device might be:
"And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain"
What is consonance?
a place, object, or action that can be used to convey hidden meaning
What is a symbol?
An example of this poetic device is:
The color blue represents sadness.
What is symbolism?
Using language that signifies the opposite of what is expected, often for humor or emphasis.
What is Irony?
The central/universal idea conveyed in a text
What is theme?
An Example of this device might be:
"She saw a shining star afar"
What is alliteration?
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 parallelism?
An Example of this device is:
"We real cool. We
Left school. We"
What is enjambment?