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Sound Devices
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Figurative Language 1
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Miscellaneous
100
Definition of alliteration.
What is the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words in a phrase or sentence?
100

A word, phrase, or sentence that is on one horizontal row of a poem.

What is a line?

100
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
Extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
100
The horse won the staring contest with annoying fly.
What is personification?
200
She leaves her feet in the breeze while reading histories.
What is an example of assonance?
200
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
200
My room is a pig sty.
What is a metaphor?
200
A reference to a famous person, event, or place.
What is an allusion?
200
The repetition of a vowel sound in a sentence or phrase.
What is assonance?
300
KaPOW, Bang, Boom, Splat
What are examples of onomatopoeia?
300

When rhymes occur in the last part of the lines of poems.

What is a end rhyme?

300
Giving non-human subjects human-like characteristics.
What is personification?
300
I bet the butcher the other day that he couldn’t reach the meat that was on the top shelf. He refused to take the bet, saying that the steaks were too high.
What is a pun?
300
The snake was as slippery as an eel.
What is a simile?
400
Bears believe bees have the best brains below baby beavers.
What is an example of alliteration?
400

A form of poetry originating in Japan that contains five syllables in the 1st and 3rd lines and seven syllables in the 2nd line.

What is a haiku?

400
Imagery is...
What is it called when a poet uses sensory descriptions to help a reader visualize a poem's meaning?
400
“What a beautiful view,” he said, his voice dripping with __________, as he looked out the window at the dirty, cramped alley.
What is irony?
400
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that create a regular rhythm in a poem.
What is meter?
500
Define rhyme.
What is the sound device when words share the same ending sound?
500

A song-like poem that tells a story.

What is a ballad?

500
I have been to every pizza place in the country.
What is hyperbole?
500
The repetition of a word or phrase to create a certain effect.
What is a refrain?
500

Define metaphor.

What is comparing two unlike things without using like or as.