Poetic Devices One
the succession of two or more words that share the same letter or sound at the beginning of the word.
What is Alliteration?
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics.
What is personification?
Words that imitate a sound.
What is Onomatopoeia?
An exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
An example of this poetic device is:
Her smile was as bright as the sun.
What is a simile?
A reference to a person, event, or literary work outside the poem.
What is an allusion?
Rows of words in a poem, often numbered.
What is a line?
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
The use of language to represent objects, actions, feelings, thoughts, ideas, states of mind, and any sensory or extra-sensory experience.
What is Imagery?
An example of this poetic device is:
The flowers danced wildly in the wind.
What is personification?
The pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza.
What is rhyme scheme?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is a hyperbole.
An example of this poetic device is:
POW, BANG, CRASH
What is Onomatopoeia?
A comparison not using like or as.
What is a Metaphor?
An example of this device is:
"Once upon a time / I caught a little rhyme"
What is rhyme?
Repeating words of phrases for emphasis or rhythm.
What is Reptition?
A line that continues onto the next line without a pause, creating flow and a sense of continuation.
What is enjambment?
Describes how word choice, subject matter, and the author's tone convey an overall feeling that characterizes the emotional landscape of a poem for readers.
What is mood?
The repetition of vowel sounds within words in close proximity, adding musicality to a line.
What is Assonance?
An Example of this poetic device might be:
"The golden leaves crunched underfoot"
What is imagery?
writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.
What is verse?
A grouped set of lines within a poem.
What is a Stanza?
An Example of this poetic device might be:
"An the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain"
What is assonance?
a place, object, or action that can be used to convey hidden meaning
What is a symbol?
An example of this poetic device is:
The color blue represents sadness.
What is symbolism?
Using language that signifies the opposite of what is expected, often for humor or emphasis.
What is Irony?
An Example of this device is:
"My dad gave me one dollar bill
'Cause I'm his smartest son,
And I swapped it for two shiny quarters
'Cause two is more than one!"
What is irony?
An Example of this device might be:
"She saw a shining star afar"
What is alliteration?
An Example of this device is:
"The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,"
What is repetition?
An Example of this device is:
"We real cool. We
Left school. We"
What is enjambment?