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Sound Devices
Kinds of Poetry
Elements of Poetry
Figures of Speech
Identify the technique
100
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words
What is alliteration
100
The literary period that emphasized alienation and anxiety
Modernism
100
A group of lines in a poem.
Verse or stanza
100
A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using like or as
What is simile
100
Peter Piper picked a peck
alliteration
200
The repetition of ending sounds in two or more words
What is Rhyme
200
Poetry that tells a story; two types are ballads and epics
What is narrative poetry
200
The atmosphere created by an author in a literary work
What is mood
200
A technique where an inanimate object is given human qualities
What is personification
200
Lee Corso's poem "Bomb" used this poetic technique: "boom, boom, boom". Other examples include Bang Smash Whisper Zoom
onomatopoeia
300
A sound word that imitates or suggests the sound it describes
What is onomatopoeia
300
Poetry that uses elements of drama, especially dialogue and emotional conflict
What is dramatic poetry
300
A reflection of the writer's attitude in a written work
What is tone
300
An exaggeration for humor or emphasis
What is hyperbole
300
He took off like a bullet from a gun.
Simile
400
The repetition of vowel sounds in two or more words
What is assonance
400
"The Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound is this kind of poetry
Imagist poetry
400
Using descriptive language to create an image in the readers mind.
Imagery
400
A comparison of two or more unlike things that have something in common
What is metaphor
400
She cried rivers of tears.
Hyperbole
500
This is the pattern that end rhymes form in a stanza or poem
What is rhyme scheme
500
Shakespeare wrote many examples of these 14 lined poems.
Sonnets
500
What is the difference between poetry and prose?
Poetry has patterns of verse, is written in stanzas, and uses figurative language. Prose does not and is a short story that uses paragraphs.
500
A word that sounds like its meaning (e.g. oink, meow, scratch)
What is onomotopoeia
500
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
Simile