Poetic Devices
Definitions
Types of Poetry
Figurative Language Definitions
Examples of Figurative Language and/or Poetic Devices
Rhyming
100
repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
100
This poem is only three lines long, and it's syllables go in the following order: five, seven, and five.
What is a haiku?
100
This is a comparison using the word(s) "like" or "as"/
What is a simile?
100
A million people called me this morning!
What is hyperbole?
100
When two words almost rhyme, what is that called? (example: laws and stalls)
What is a slant rhyme? (or half rhyme)
200
the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem
What is a rhyme scheme?
200
This category of poem tells a story with at least one character and some kind of plot.
What is a ballad?
200
This gives human characteristics to something non-human.
What is personification?
200
The river of his thoughts twisted and confused him while he tried to take the test.
What is a metaphor?
200
Describe the rhyme scheme of a sonnet using letters of the alphabet.
What is ABABCDCDEFEFGG?
300
two lines in a row that rhyme
What is a couplet?
300
This type of poem mourns the loss of someone or something.
What is an elegy?
300
This technique appeals to one or more of our five senses.
What is sensory imagery?
300
The snow greeted me with its bright white smile when I stepped out of my front door.
What is personification?
300
This short lyric poem does not rhyme. (Hint: You wrote one.)
What is a haiku?
400
repeated vowel sounds
What is assonance?
400
This type of poem praises someone or something.
What is an ode?
400
This is an extreme exaggeration. (You must pronounce it correctly!)
What is a hyperbole?
400
The scent of warm chocolate chip cookies filled the house from bottom to top.
What is sensory imagery?
400
Describe the rhyme scheme of a limerick using letters of the alphabet.
What is AABBA?
500
two words that look like they would rhyme but don't (example: love and prove)
What is an eye rhyme?
500
This category of poem expresses the thoughts and feelings of its speaker and does NOT tell a story.
What is a lyric poem?
500
This technique describes the relationship between two things by comparing it to the relationship between two other things.
What is an analogy?
500
The baby hiccuped after drinking his juice too quickly.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
Think of a slant rhyme for the word "cousin".
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