Sound Devices
When words start with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
A poem that has rhythm and structure but doesn’t rhyme.
What is blank verse?
A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
A poem that shares the poet’s personal thoughts or feelings; similar to a song.
What is a lyric poem?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers” is an example of this.
Alliteration
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
A poem that has both rhyme and rhythm, like “Twinkle, twinkle, little star.”
What is rhymed verse?
The pattern of beats in a line of poetry.
What is meter?
A funny, five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme.
What is a limerick?
The lumpy, bumpy road” repeats consonant sounds — what device is that?
What is consonance?
A comparison that does not use “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
A poem with no rules for rhyme or rhythm — it sounds more like natural speech.
What is free verse?
The repetition of similar ending sounds in words.
What is rhyme?
A formal poem written to praise or honor a person, thing, or idea.
What is an ode?
This device happens when a sentence in a poem keeps going to the next line without a pause.
What is enjambment?
“Love is a battlefield” is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
A short poem with three lines and a 5–7–5 syllable pattern.
What is a haiku?
The pattern of rhyming words in a poem, shown with letters like ABAB or AABB.
What is (rhyme) scheme?
A poem that focuses on nature or country life, showing peace and simplicity.
What is a pastoral poem?
(Not tested) This poetic device brings sound to life by using words that mimic the noises they describe, helping readers “hear” the poem.
onomatopoeia
When two opposite ideas are placed next to each other.
What is juxtaposition?
A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter, often about love — Shakespeare wrote many of them.
What is a sonnet?
This kind of poem tells a story using plot and rhythm.
What is a narrative poem?
This type of poem can be performed or spoken on stage, often showing emotion.
What is a soliloquy?