Poetry Devices
A comparison using like or as
words that sound similar at the end of lines in poetry
What is rhyme?
ending to a sentence
What is a period?
What is a comma?
When you give an object the ability to do something a human does
What is personification?
using words or phrases over and over again for emphasis
What is repetition?
ending to a question
What is a question mark?
Used to join multiple words together as one word
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
using capital letters at the end of lines of poetry to mark words that rhyme
What is rhyme scheme?
ending to a sentence with strong emotion
What is exclamation mark?
Goes around the exact words that a person says
Name this poetic device:
Silly Sammy spilled seven slimy Sprites.
What is alliteration?
poetry set to music
What is period, exclamation mark, and question mark?
Used in a contraction
What is an apostrophe?
________________takes a real-life situation and reduces it to make it ridiculous.
poetry with 14 lines with 10 syllables each
What is a sonnet?
can be used between two closely related sentences instead of a period
semi-colon
to show ownership you add what to a word
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