Poetry
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100

A figure of speech involving a comparison using like or as.

What is a Simile?

100

A figure of speech comparing two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

What is a Metaphor? 

100

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics.

What is personification?

100

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words. 

What is Alliteration?

200

He's a real Romeo with the ladies...

What is an Allusion

200

My love is like a rose.

What is a simile?

200

Whoosh!

What is an Onomatopoeia

200
I told you a billion times.
What is hyperbole?
300

Deafening silence

What is an Oxymoron? 

300

A phrase that carries over from one line to the next without punctuation. 

What is Enjambment
300

He is a monster!

What is a metaphor?

300

The stars danced across the sky.

What is personification?

400

A pilot admits that he is afraid of heights. 

What is Irony? 

400

Sue saw sharks swim in the sea.

What is an Alliteration.

400

Do you think money grows on trees? 

What is a Rhetorical Question? 

400

Mike liked his new bike!

What is consonance?

500

I've got mouths to feed...

What is Synecdoche? 

500
He passed away last night. 

What is a Euphemism

500

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain

What is assonance?

500

And you, oh my soul where you stand...

DAILY DOUBLE

THERE ARE TWO POETIC DEVICES USED. IDENTIFY BOTH FOR DOUBLE POINTS! 

What is Apostrophe and Personification?