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Poetic Devices
Poetic Forms
No Rhyme or Reason
100
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
What is simile
100
Using exaggeration to show strong feelings.
What is hyperbole?
100
"The moon was a flashlight, guiding us forward" is an example of
What is metaphor?
100

A three line poem with 17 syllables.

What is haiku?

100

It rained on his lousy tombstone, 

and it rained on the grass on his stomach.

It rained all over the place.

What is anaphora?

200
Comparing 2 things without using "like" or "as."
What is metaphor?
200

A group of lines in a poem.

What is stanza?

200
"I was bit by a thousand gnats" is an example of
What is hyperbole?
200

A poem that tells a story and uses ABCB rhyme scheme.

What is Ballad?

200

A term for poems that use vivid imagery.

What is concrete?

300
Giving human traits to inanimate objects or ideas.
What is personification?
300
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
"Both bees and buzzers buzz" is an example of
What is onomatopoeia?
300

A poem that uses specific details and organizes  objects.

What is list poem?

300

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

What is ABCB rhyme scheme?

400

A group of words with he same vowel sounds.

What is assonance?

400

The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.

What is epistrophe?

400
"The blanket wrapped itself around the baby" is an example of
What is personification?
400

A two line stanza.

Couplet

400

I go out for walks once in a blue moon.

What is idiom?

500

A group of words with the same constant sounds.

What is Consonance?

500

A poetic device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses.

What is anaphora?

500
"Try to light the fire" uses the poetic device
What is assonance?
500

A poem with a 12 line stanza followed by a 2 line stanza.

What is Sonnet?

500

A term for a poem that uses concepts and ideas rather than imagery.

What is abstract?