Literary Devices
Sound Devices
More Literary Devices
Poempourri
Rhyme & Meter
100
A comparison using like or as.
What is a Simile?
100

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?

100
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
100

The feeling the poet is trying to bring to the reader.

What is mood?

100

An ordered pattern of sound at the ends of the lines of a poem. 

What is rhyme scheme?

200

The use of words which sound like what they mean.

What is onomatopoeia? 

200

The repetition of first consonants in a group of words.

What is alliteration

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?
200

Using words that do not rhyme but look like they are rhyming.

What is slant rhyme?

300
a comparison that does not use the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
300

The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry.

What is assonance?

300

Repeated use of a phrase or word throughout a poem.

What is repetition? 

300
The attitude a poem implies.
What is tone?
300

A two-line stanza, rhymed with lines of equal length

What is a couplet?

400

Language used by poets and writers to create images in the mind of the reader. It relies on the 5 senses

What is imagery? 

400

The repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry whether at the end of words or in the middle of words.

What is consonance? 

400

Which literary device is this?


Her smile glows like the sun

What is a simile? 

400

A group of lines of poetry (like a paragraph).

What is a stanza?

400

A four line stanza with rhyme schemes such a AABB, ABAB, and ABBA

What is a quatrain?

M
e
n
u