Poerty Devices

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

Reference to something or someone literary. Use the force refers to Star Wars

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

The repetition of the vowel sound “how much wood could a wood chuck chuck of a wood chuck could chuck wood”

Question 3

Blank verse

Answer 3

Unrhymed lines of poetry

Question 4

Free verse

Answer 4

Poetry with no set meter or rhyme scheme

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

A major over exaggeration

Question 6

Imagery

Answer 6

The use of description that helps the reader imagine what’s happening

Question 7

Irony

Answer 7

Language that conveys a certain idea by saying just the opposite

Question 8

Metaphor

Answer 8

Comparison not using like or as

Question 9

Onomatopoeia

Answer 9

The use of words that describe its meaning. Boom, clap

Question 10

Paradox

Answer 10

A seeming contradiction. It was the best of times

Question 11

Parody

Answer 11

Humorous exaggerated imitation of another thing

Question 12

Personification

Answer 12

Giving inanimate objects human traits

Question 13

Pun

Answer 13

The use of a word in a way that plays on itself

Question 14

Quatrain

Answer 14

A four line stanza

Question 15

Sarcasm

Answer 15

Language that conveys a certain idea by saying just the opposite

Question 16

Satire

Answer 16

Work that makes fun of something

Question 17

Simile

Answer 17

Comparison using like or as

Question 18

Sonnet

Answer 18

A 14 line poem with ruthenium

Question 19

Symbolism

Answer 19

The use of one thing to represent another

Question 20

Apostrophe

Answer 20

Figure of speech sometimes represented by “o”

Question 21

Consnanace

Answer 21

Repetitive sounds produced by consonants with In a sentance

Question 22

Euphemism

Answer 22

Refers to a polite Indirect expression