Sound Devices
If a poem uses the same word or phrase again and again, it's called this.
What is repetition?
This type of figurative comparison normally uses "like" or "as" in its phrasing.
What is a simile?
In a poem, the "narrator" or voice that is speaking is called this.
What is the speaker?
14 lines in iambic pentameter... one of the most popular poetic forms of all time!
What is a sonnet?
"Boom!"
What is onomatopoeia?
This device involves words that end with the same sound... spelling doesn't matter!
What is rhyme?
This device describes something as if it had human qualities or features.
What is personification?
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?
Poetry with no regular structure... no rules!
What is free verse?
"Wise guys."
What is rhyme?
The technique of repeating vowel sounds is called this.
What is assonance?
This basic figurative technique uses imagination to describe something as if it were another thing.
What is a metaphor?
The pattern and number of beats in a line of poetry is called this.
What is meter?
A poem written in praise of a specific subject.
What is an ode?
"Come out from behind those clouds, sun!"
What is apostrophe?
A series of words that start with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
This is the formal name for extreme figurative exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
This is the term for all writing with deliberate line structure (including poetry and songs).
What is verse?
This is the number of syllables in each line of an English haiku.
What is 5, 7, 5?
Time waits for no one.
What is personification?
The very long (and very fun to say) name for "sound effect" words that imitate the noise they describe.
What is onomatopoeia?
This device involves speaking directly to something that probably can't hear you... because it's not actually alive.
What is apostrophe?
Many traditional poems and songs group their lines into pairs using some type of this structural pattern.
What is a rhyme scheme?
If a poem's words form a visual image on the page, it's called this.
What is concrete poetry?
The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter.
What is alliteration, assonance, and consonance?