Poetic Devices

Assonance

100

Which word would make assonance with CLAP?

TABS

CAP

CAT

200

MIGHT

FIRE

LIKE

FIND

300

NEWS

ROOT

TUNE

RUIN

400

CLIP

knit

sit

rim

500

Define assonance

Same vowel sound in the middle or ends of a series of words

Consonance

100

What word would provide consonance with MAMMAL?

A. Monitor

B. Mother

C. Temple

D. Jobs

C. TEMPLE

200

LIKE

RAKE

CAKE

TAKE

300

CUT

TILT

CAUGHT

400

CAR

STIR

COUNTER

COMPUTER

500

Define Consonance

Same consonant sounds in a series of words in the middle or end of words

Alliteration

100

Make an alliterative sentence using your name. School Appropriate!

Answers vary

300

PHONE

Feel

Farm

Find

400

CAT

Kangaroo

Kite

Koala

500

Define Alliteration

nearby words that begin with the same sound.

Stanzas

100

Couplet

two-line stanza

200

Quatrain

four-line stanza

300

Quintain

Five line stanza

400

Octave

Eight Line Stanza

500

Define Stanza

A group of lines in a poem.