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What poetic device creates images in our minds and appeals to the five senses?
What is "Imagery" Imagery appeals to our five senses. Helps you gain a better understanding of the poem by creating vivid images in our minds.
100
What poetic device gives non-human objects human-like qualities?
What is "Personification" EXAMPLE: "The fog dragged its feet through the city."
100
What poetic device uses words that sound like what they mean?
What is "Onomatopoeia" What are some examples of Onomatopoeia?
100
__________ is a rhyme that occurs at the end of the lines.
What is "End Rhyme." EXAMPLE: "The way a CROW, Shook down on ME, The dust of SNOW, From a hemlock TREE."
200
What poetic device uses the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together? EXAMPLE: "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."
What is "Alliteration" Where do you see the alliteration in this stanza?
200
What poetic device is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as?
What is "Simile" What are some examples of Similes?
200
What poetic device compares two unlike things without using like or as?
What is a "Metaphor" Give me an example of a metaphor!
200
____________ is a rhyme within a line.
What is "Internal Rhyme" EXAMPLE: "Once upon a midnight DREARY, while I pondered weak and WEARY"
300
_________ is a strict rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line.
What is "Meter" A good example of meter is iambic pentameter, which is the meter that Shakespeare wrote in: [shall-I]-[com-PARE]-[thee-TO]-[a-SUM]-[mer's-DAY]
300
What poetic device is the repetition of the accented vowel sound and all subsequent sounds in a word? A. Rhyme B. Scanning C. Hyperbole D. Free Verse
What is "Rhyme." "Yes, the zebra is fine. But I think it's a SHAME, Such a marvelous beast, With a cart that's so TAME."
300
What poetic device uses sounds that are similar, but are not exactly the same. EXAMPLE: Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all.
What is "Slant Rhyme" The words "soul" and "all" sound similar if you say them out loud, but they are not exact. The stress of the words is different.
300
What poetic device is a loose kind of rhythm that sounds like natural speech?
What is Free Verse. EXAMPLE: The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking, over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.
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____________ based on some sort of comparison that is not really true. A. Scanning B. End Rhyme C. Imagery D. Figurative Language
What is "Figurative Language" EXAMPLE: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. Are you literally going to eat a horse? No. But, you are hungry enough.
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What poetic device uses the repetition of phrases or sentences with similar grammatical structures. EXAMPLE: "The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should eat lightly, and that they should do some warm-up exercises before the game."
What is "Parallel Structure" The coach told the players THAT THEY SHOULD get a lot of sleep, THAT THEY SHOULD eat lightly, and THAT THEY SHOULD do some warm-up exercises before the game. The repetition of the phrase has a similar grammatical structure.
400
What poetic device uses an exaggeration to create an emphasis or effect? A. Implied Metaphor B. Alliteration C. Hyperbole D. Personification
What is "C. Hyperbole" EXAMPLE: "I am so hungry I could eat a horse." OR "I have a million things to do."
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What poetic device suggests a comparison between two things instead of stating it directly?
What is "Implied Metaphor" EXAMPLE: “Slithering to her side, Peter hissed, ‘You can trust me.’” That sentence shows that Peter is like a snake without ever saying it specifically.