A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
100
The use of rhyming words at the end of two or more lines.
What is end rhyme?
100
Talk of your cold! Through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail.
What is an example of a simile?
100
And he wore a smile you could see a mile and he said, "Please close that door."
What is an example of a hyperbole?
100
The following is an example of what poetic device? Explain how you know. " Leaves fly straight out of the tree like birds."
What is a simile because it uses the words like or as.
200
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
200
Giving human-like qualities to a non-human object.
What is personification?
200
If our eyes we'd close, then the lashes froze til sometimes we couldn't see.
What is an example of consonance?
200
In the long, long, night by the lone firelight,...
What is an example of alliteration?
200
The following is an example of what poetic device? Explain how you know. "The fallen leaves are corn flakes."
What is an example of a metaphor because it does not use like or as to make a comparison.
300
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
300
Language that appeals to the senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch, and sound.
What is imagery?
300
Well he seemed so low that I couldn't say no; then he says with a sort of moan...
What is an example of assonance?
300
Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee...
What is an example of internal rhyme?
300
The following is an example of what poetic device? Explain how you know. "I was so tired I slept for a year."
What is an example of a hyperbole because it is an extreme exaggeration.
400
The use of words that sound like the noise they name.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
A repeated word, phrase, line or group of lines in a poem, song, or speech.
What is a refrain?
400
And the dogs were fed, and the stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe.
What is an example of personification?
400
Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a dog, E-I-E-I-O.
What is an example of a refrain?
400
The following is an example of what poetic device? Explain how you know. "The wind whispered softly in my ear as I turned the corner."
What is an example of personification because wind doesn't whisper. Whispering is a human quality and wind is not human.
500
The use of rhyming words within a single line of poetry.
What is internal rhyme?
500
A major exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
500
And then the beginning noises start, the whirrs and and huffs and hums, the birds peep out to find a worm, the mice squeak out for crumbs, the calf moos out to find a cow, and taste the morning air.
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
500
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is an example of alliteration?
500
The following is an example of what poetic device? Explain how you know. "A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way."
What is an example of imagery because it uses adjectives and many descriptive words to set the scene and help the reader create an image in their head.