Sound Devices and Poem Structure
The use of words to create the sound they describe.
What is onomatopoeia?
Something that represents itself and something else.
What is a symbol?
A poem in which the first letters of each line form a word or phrase.
What is an acrostic?
fun
axe
bun
cracks
What is ABAB?
The name of Mrs. Willet's husband.
What is David?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
A reference to a well-known person, story, or idea.
What is allusion?
Shakespeare wrote many of these 14-line poems that use iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
party
hardy
farty
pants
What is AAAB?
The number of cats Mrs. Willet has.
What is 5?
The repetition of identical vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two or more words.
What is assonance?
The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstract idea.
What is personification?
A short, three-line poem about nature.
What is a haiku?
cash
room
gloom
rash
What is ABBA?
Mrs. Willet's age.
What is 50?
A grouped set of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point.
What is hyperbole?
A poem of exaltation and admiration for a person or thing.
What is an ode?
no war
too far
so much gore
on my car
What is ABAB?
The high school Mrs. Willet graduated from.
What is Fresno High?
The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within words.
What is consonance?
A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
A poem where the poet takes on the identity of another person and writes from their point of view.
What is a persona poem?
The pattern for a Shakespearean sonnet.
What is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG?
A person who does not eat meat, but does eat eggs and dairy.
What is a vegetarian?