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Poetry Devices
Poetry Devices II
Types of Poems
Point of View
Plot Structure
100
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other
What is alliteration
100
a comparision of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is simile
100
a poem that tells a story, usually set to a song
What is a ballad
100
The narrator tells what is happening in the story without disclosing anything about what the characters think or feel
What is third person objective
100
part of the story where something BIG happens, also the turning point
What is Climax
200
Words that sound like there meaning
What is onomatopoeia
200
attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects
What is personification
200
poem of 14 lines using a specific rhyme scheme
What is a sonnet
200
The narrator participates in the action of the story. Usually known by using the pronoun "I"
What is first person
200
part of the story where conflict begins to develope. a building of interest or suspense occurs
What is rising action
300
purposeful re-use of words or phrases for an effect
What is repetition
300
word play in which words with totally different meanings have similar or identical sounds
What is a pun
300
poem that deals with a hero and his journey
What is an epic
300
The narrator knows everything about the characters, including what they think and feel.
What is third person omniscient
300
All the loose ends are tied up and the conflict is resolved
What is falling action
400
an outrageous exaggeration used for effect
What is hyperbole
400
word or phrase which means something different from what it says. Common terms that are not real but can be understood by their popular use.
What is an idiom
400
rhyme that occurs within a single line of a poem
What is internal rhyme
400
The narrator only knows one characters thought and feelings.
What is third person limited
400
The story comes to a resonable end
What is resolution
500
A direct comparision of two unlike things
What is metaphor
500
figure of speech that combines contradictory terms
What is an oxymoron
500
rhyme in which the vowels or cosonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes and light; years and yours, on and wrong. Not true rhyme.
What is slant rhyme
500
deals with instrutions or advice usually denoted by the pronoun "You"
What is second person
500
the beginning where characters and setting are introduced
What is exposition