Sound Devices
Form & Structure
Figurative Devices
Name this device!
100
If a poem uses the same word or phrase again and again, it's called this.
What is repetition?
100
In a poem, the "narrator" or voice that is speaking is called this.
What is the speaker?
100
This type of figurative comparison usually uses "like" or "as" in its phrasing.
What is a simile?
100
Boom!
What is onomatopoeia?
200
This device uses two meanings of a word (or two words that sound the same)... but don't worry: it's just a joke!
What is a pun?
200
In poetry, this is the formal name for a group of lines, separated with a space from other groups (like verses in a song).
What is a stanza?
200
This device describes something as if it had human qualities or features.
What is personification?
200
"Wise guys."
What is rhyme?
300
These words need to have the same final sound as each other... but spelling doesn't matter!
What are rhymes?
300
The pattern and number of beats per line gives a poem a specific rhythm called this.
What is meter?
300
This basic figurative technique uses imagination to describe something as if it were another thing.
What is metaphor?
300
Her voice was as loud as thunder.
What is a simile?
400
This device involves a series of words that start with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
400
Many poems create structure by ending pairs of lines with this device.
What is rhyme?
400
This is the formal name of extreme figurative exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
400
Sometimes his girlfriend misses him.


But her aim is improving.

What is a pun?
500
This device is the (very long) name for "sound effect" words that imitate the sound they describe. 
What is onomatopoeia?
500
Poetry with no regular meter or structure is called this.
What is free verse?
500
In poetry and other forms of writing, figurative devices usually have this purpose.
What is emphasis?
500
Time waits for no one.
What is personification?
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