Poetic Device Definitions
Parts of Speech
Poetic Device Examples
3 T's
Poetic Device Definitions
100
A comparison that uses like or as.
What is a simile?
100
The following are examples of this term: Jumping, Playing, Walking.
What is a verb?
100
The repeated "P" in this phrase is an example of this device "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".
What is alliteration?
100
The mood of a story.
What is the tone?
100
Putting two things near each other that have very different characteristics.
What is juxtaposition?
200
The repetition of the beginning sound of a sequence of words.
What is alliteration?
200
A person or idea would be identified by this term.
What is a noun?
200
The repeated a sound in the following phrase is an example of this device; "The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain".
What is assonance?
200
The big idea of a text.
What is the topic?
200
The repetition of consonant sounds in a word.
What is consonance?
300
A direct comparison.
What is a metaphor?
300
A word that describes a verb.
What is an adverb?
300
The following phrase is an example of this device; "The wind whispered through the trees".
What is personification?
300
The number of words used to describe the topic.
What is one?
300
A paragraph in a poem.
What is a stanza?
400
The rhyme pattern of a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
400
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
400
The rhyme scheme of the following poem: Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, and so are you!
What is ABCB?
400
The two words never used to describe tone.
What are happy and sad?
400
Words that have matching sounds.
What is rhyme?
500
The repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in the word.
What is assonance?
500
These are examples of this term; curly, blue, gross.
What are adjectives?
500
The following phrase is an example of this device; "The bright light shines at night".
What is consonance?
500
The message or truth about human existence that a text teaches.
What is the theme?
500
The 5 types of imagery.
What are visual, touch, taste, smell (olfactory), auditory?
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