Poetic Devices

Lieutenants

100

"I'll bring you down with the force of a thousand suns!" What poetic device is this?

Hyperbole

200

"My feelings for you are like an old smelly fart." What poetic device is in this example?

Simile

300

"Jenna lured Peter into her web finally." What poetic device does this contain?

Metaphor

400

"The trees danced in the wind like the ballerinas in the royal ballet." What two poetic devices are in this statement?

Personification, simile.

500

"You're a goddess with the looks to match Venus." What two poetic devices is used here?

Metaphor, Allusion.

Potpourri

100

Create a simile. 

Answers May Vary

200

"She smiles like a Cheshire cat" What two poetic devices are in this statement?

Simile, Allusion 

300

Create an allusion that alludes to a Disney Princess. IE. Cinderella, Snow White, Belle

Answers May Vary

400

True or false: poems can use techniques beyond just those we have been studying, such as rhetorical question, anaphora, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, symbolism etc

TRUE!

500

His book hit the ground with a "thud". What sound device is this?

Onomatopoeia

Anemones

100

"He helped himself to a heap helping of hamburgers." What poetic device is this?

Alliteration

200

In the song "Rap God" by Eminem when he sings "I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God" what sound device is used in this?

Repetition

300

"I beat the heat and got something to eat, that was pretty neat." What sound device is this?

Rhyme

400

Are we poor, Atticus?"
Atticus nodded. "We are indeed."
Jem's nose wrinkled. "Are we as poor as the Cunninghams?"
"Not exactly. The Cunninghams are country folks, farmers, and the crash hit them hardest."

Which poetic device is present in this passage? 

Allusion - The great depression

500

We found it under a blanket of sand. What poetic device is in this statement?

Metaphor

Worcestershire Sauce

100

"I can fly like the wind." What poetic device is this?

Simile

200

"The roses whispered into my ear." What poetic device is this?

Personification

300

Create an Implied Metaphor.

Answer will vary 

400

There was nothing but deafening silence. What poetic device is used in the sentence?

Oxymoron

500

These are the organizing features of a poem, the "paragraphs" of poetry

Stanzas

Colonels

100

He reminded me of Caesar, a great leader with no one to trust.

Allusion

200

The red blood reminded him of a sunset.

Imagery

300

Need an ark to save two of every animal? I noah guy.  What two poetic devices are present in this quote?

Pun, Allusion

400

How a poem makes you feel.

Mood

500

How the author feels when he writes the poem.

Tone