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Sound Devices 1
Sound Devices 2
Devices For Meaning and Imagery 1
Devices for Meaning and Imagery 2
Poems and The Poet's
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Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
100
Most popularly associated with poetry, words that have different beginning sounds but end the same.
What is rhyme?
100
A figure of speech that has been used over and over again to convey a particular idea.
What is a cliche'
100
Comparing two unlike objects or ideas using the words like, as, or than.
What is a simile?
100
He wrote the poem "Jabberwocky"
Who is Lewis Carroll ?
200
Words used to describe different sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other.
What is assonance?
200
A brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art, or Biblical or mythological situation or character
What is an allusion?
200
Attributing human-like characteristics to inanimate objects.
What is personification.
200
He wrote the poem "The Raven"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
300
The reuse of words and phrases for effect.
What is repetition?
300
Repeated consonant sounds at the end of words that are placed near each other.
What is consonance?
300
This is used to soften, or lessen, the impact of a statement.
What is euphemism?
300
A comparison of two unlike things, saying that one is the other.
What is a metaphor?
300
He wrote and performs the poem "Crickets with Arthritis"
Who is Shane Koyczan?
400
Harsh and discordant sounds put together to create a sense of disorder.
What is cacophony?
400
A contradictory statement or situation that reveals something different from what is expected.
What is irony?
400
An ordinary object, event, animal, or person to which we have attached figurative meaning and significance
What is a symbol?
400
He wrote the poems "Forgetfulness, Budapest, and The Country."
Who is Billy Collins?
500
This is measured by the number of feet in a line.
What is meter?
500
Musically pleasant and harmonious sounds put together.
What is euphony?
500
All the literary elements come together to represent a greater idea or philosophy.
What is an allegory?
500
The emotional, psychological or social shades of a word; its implications and associations apart from its literal meaning.
What is connotation?
500
He wrote the play both based on, and entitled "The Allegory of The Cave"
Who is Stephen Dunn?