Poetic Devices

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

Describing something using the words “like” or “as”

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Describing something without using words “like” or “as”

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

Repetition of internal vowel sounds across a sentence

Question 5

Consonance

Answer 5

Consonant sounds within or at the end of words

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

The use of the same sound at the start of a sentence

Question 7

Plosives

Answer 7

The use of a harsh”b , p , d” sound to create meaning

Question 8

Fricatives

Answer 8

The use of the soft “f” sound to create meaing

Question 9

Sibilance

Answer 9

Repeated use of the letter “s”

Question 10

Sensory Imagery

Answer 10

Tactile , Aural , Olfactory , Gustatory , Visual

Question 11

Repetition

Answer 11

The use of the same word or phrase a number of times in a poem

Question 12

Anaphora

Answer 12

Repetition of a word or phrase at the start of several consecutive sentences

Question 13

Enjambment

Answer 13

The continuation of a sentence or clause over a line-break

Question 14

Caesura

Answer 14

A complete pause in a line of poetry

Question 15

Synaesthesia

Answer 15

The overlapping and blending of senses

Question 16

Cacophony

Answer 16

Harsh sounds in order to make a discordant sound

Question 17

Euphony

Answer 17

Harmonious sounds