Literary Devices
Sounds/Rhymes
Types of Poems
More Literary Devices
Poempourri
100
A comparison using like or as.
What is a Simile?
100

The use of words which sound like what they mean.

What is onomatopoeia?

100
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. Poetry with no set structure.
What is Free Verse?
100
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
100
A group of lines of poetry (like a paragraph).
What is a stanza?
200
The repetition of first consonants in a group of words.
What is alliteration?
200

The recurring use of sound, word, phrase, or line to create a mood or emphasize and important idea.

What is repitition?

200

A Poem that tells a story.

What is a ballad?

200
giving human qualities to an animal, thing, or idea.
What is personification?
200
The underlying message, or 'big idea.' In other words, what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey or lesson the author wants us to take away from the poem.
What is the theme?
300
a comparison that does not use the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
300
The rhyme scheme in this stanza: A robin sitting in a tree Turned her head and winked at me, She sang a song as if to say, “I’m glad to see you here today.”
What is AABB?
300

A type of poetic form that has a specific rhyme scheme and is always 14 lines.

What is a sonnet?

300
A direct or indirect reference to a familiar figure, place or event from history, literature, mythology or the Bible.
What is allusion?
300
The attitude a poem implies.
What is tone?
400

The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry.

What is assonance?

400

Using words that rhyme in the same line of poetry

What is internal rhyme? 

400

A poem written in praise of a person, object, or event.

What is an ode?

400

Two lines of verse the same length that usually rhyme?

What is a couplet?

400

A poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word.

What is an acrostic?

500
The running over of a line or thought into the next line without a strong break or pause.
What is enjambment?
500

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

What is rhythm?

500

A poem that mourns the dead.

What is an elegy?

500
A term or phrase that cannot be understood by a literal translation, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is understood through common use.
What is an idiom?
500

The words or phrases a poet choose to create a picture in the reader's mind.  Usually includes sensory details?

What is imagery?

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