Poetic Devices
She sells seashells by the seashore
What is alliteration?
What type of poem tells a story?
What is a narrative poem?
The leaves waved at us as we walked by
What is personification?
The cat in the hat sat on the mat.
What is rhyme?
What is the feeling or atmosphere that a poem creates for the reader?
What is mood?
BOOM! CRASH! The thunder roared all night
What is onomatopoeia?
What poem is written without a specific rhyme scheme or meter?
What is free verse?
Her smile was a ray of sunshine.
What is a metaphor?
I have a dream, I have a dream...
What is repetition?
What is the underlying message or main idea of a poem?
What is theme?
living death
oxymoron
What short Japanese poem has 17 syllables, typically written in a 5-7-5 pattern?
What is a haiku?
The police station was robbed
What is irony?
What is the combination of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem?
What is rhythm?
What is the attitude of the poet toward the subject?
What is tone?
It's raining cats and dogs
idiom
What is a humorous five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme?
What is a limerick?
The silence was deafening
What is paradox
Mike likes his new bike.
What is consonance?
The golden sunlight streamed through the emerald leaves, casting dappled shadows on the soft, mossy ground.
What is Imagery?
The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know
paradox
What type of poem expresses personal emotions or feelings?
What is a lyrical poem?
In a poem, the image of "a bright, sunny day" next to "a dark, ominous storm" is an example of what poetic device?
What is juxtaposition?
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain
What is assonance?
This playground is like Wonderland!
What is Allusion?