Sound Devices
If a poem repeats an entire line or group of lines, it's called this.
What is a refrain?
This device involves speaking directly to something that probably can't hear you... because it's not actually alive.
What is an apostrophe?
A four-line rhyming stanza.
What is a quatrain?
14 lines in iambic pentameter... one of the most popular poetic forms of all time!
What is a sonnet?
All she could hear were the taps and clicks of the keyboards around her and the whirr of the fan.
What is onomatopoeia?
This device involves repeating consonant sounds anywhere... could be at the beginning of a word, at the end, or in the middle!
What is consonance?
This device describes something as if it had human qualities or features.
What is personification?
A pair of consecutive rhyming lines... how romantic!
What is a couplet?
Poetry with no regular structure... no rules!
What is free verse?
"Wise guys."
What is rhyme?
The technique of repeating vowel sounds (even if the spelling is wildly different) is called this.
What is assonance?
Sometimes a metaphor just keeps on going... and going...
What is an extended 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?
The technique of using words that end in deliberately similar -- but not quite identical! -- sounds.
What is slant rhyme?
This is the term for extreme metaphorical exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
The use of rhymes in a specific pattern to create structure is called this.
What is a rhyme scheme?
Rhyming quatrains with alternating meter.
What is a ballad?
Time waits for no one.
What is personification?
Poetic devices usually have this purpose.
What is emphasis?
By definition, figurative is the opposite of this.
What is literal?
This is the term for all writing with deliberate line structure (including poetry and songs).
What is verse?
A poetic work in iambic pentameter that doesn't rhyme.
What is blank verse?
The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter.
What is alliteration, assonance, and consonance?