poetic devices

Question 1

poetry

Answer 1

using language to create a flow of sounds and ideas

Question 2

stanza

Answer 2

a group of lines in a poem

Question 3

metaphor

Answer 3

comparison between two dissimilar things

Question 4

simile

Answer 4

comparison between two dissimilar things and use the word ‘LIKE’ or ‘as’

Question 5

hyperbole

Answer 5

extreme exaggeration for effect. eg. i told you a million times not to do that

Question 6

personification

Answer 6

a figure of speech which gives human qualities, feelings, actions or characteristics to non-human things. eg. the leaves are dancing in the wind

Question 7

imagery

Answer 7

consists of words/phrases that appeal to the reader’s 5 senses; look, feel, sound, taste….

Question 8

alliteration

Answer 8

repetition of initial consonant sounds. eg. peter piper picked peppers

Question 9

assonance

Answer 9

repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words. eg. and the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

Question 10

onomatopoeia

Answer 10

words that sound like their meaning. eg. snap, roar, sizzle

Question 11

repetition

Answer 11

the use of any element of language more than once

Question 12

rhyme

Answer 12

roses are red, violets are blue. sweet is sugar and so you are