Poetic Devices

Question 1

Name ALL poetic devices

Answer 1

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Alliteration, Idiom, Rhyme, Stanza, Rhyme Scheme, Assonance, Consonance.

Question 2

Give an example of a simile.

Answer 2

Must put emphasis on something and must say like or as

Question 3

Give an example of a metaphor.

Answer 3

Must put emphasis on something without using like or as

Question 4

Give an example of personification.

Answer 4

Must give human traits to inanimate object

Question 5

Give an example of alliteration

Answer 5

The first letter in the beginning word must repeat in the other ones Ex. Sally sold seashells

Question 6

Give an example of an idiom

Answer 6

Driving me up the wall, sour grapes, biting off more than you can chew, etc…

Question 7

Give an example of a rhyming pair

Answer 7

Words must rhyme

Question 8

What is a stanza?

Answer 8

A break in a poem

Question 9

Give an example of a rhyme scheme

Answer 9

AABBCCDD

Question 10

Give an example of assonance

Answer 10

We light fire on the mountain (Repeating I)

Question 11

Give an example of consonance

Answer 11

The ship has sailed far into the sea (Repeating S)