Poetic Devices
When two or more words start with the same consonant sound are used to emphasize an idea or action and create an emotional response.
Alliteration
This is a form of devotion for another person, nature or yourself.
Love
Words that are sounds.
Onomatopoeia
"Sadness is as happy as laughter..."
"as" - Simile
Name one fairy and their role in the play
Oberon
Titania
Puck
The author’s use of description and vivid language which deepens the reader’s understanding of the work because the senses have been appealed to.
Imagery
Usually uses language that does not directly state this but it describes it. It is a way to deal with the emotions that come with it.
Death
Human characteristic given to a non-human entity.
Personification
"Boom!..." "Pow!..." "Humming like a cicada"
Onomatopoeia
Name all of the couples at the end of the story
Theseus - Hippolyta
Hermia - Lysander
Helena - Demetrius
A device used by the poet to compare two unlike, and seemingly unrelated things, to allow the reader to explore the relationship between those images.
Juxtaposition
Hurt feelings helps allow for this theme to come alive in poetry.
Heartbreak
Perfect rhyme or slant rhymes are examples of what in poetry?
Rhyme
"The dancing candlestick, Lumiere, gave Belle hope in that staying in the castle with the Beast was good for her."
Personification
Name the play within the play.
"Pyramus and Thisbe"
Uses IS
Metaphor
Where it is deeply considering your own place in the world, the impact (or lack thereof) you think you were having, who you want to become, or any way of analyzing life.
Identity/Self
Uses LIKE or AS
Simile
*****DAILY DOUBLE*****
"The sun blazed down on the hot sand, shining in my eyes not allowing me to see the cool shade in the distance. I wish I could feel the relief on the bottoms of my feet and on my red face."
Juxtaposition
*****DAILY DOUBLE*****
Who is chosen to play the lion in the play within the play?
Snug
Seeing words, phrases, lines, or even full verses multiple times in a poem.
Repetition
It comes in many forms and can be seen through natural, physical human, in spirit or action, etc.
Beauty
Represents a main idea that the poem is trying to portray.
Symbolism
"She is the sun in my eyes..."
*****DAILY DOUBLE*****
Which man does Hermia’s father want her to marry?
Demetrius