Poetic Devices

Question 1

Assonance

Answer 1

Repetition of a vowel sound

Question 2

Consonance

Answer 2

Repetition of a consonant sound

Question 3

Onomatopoeia

Answer 3

The use of a word which imitate sound

Question 4

Repetition

Answer 4

The purposeful reuse of words and phrases

Question 5

Rhyme

Answer 5

The use of words with matching sounds. Can be internal or at the ends lines

Question 6

Rhythm

Answer 6

The pace or beat of the poem- can vary from line to line

Question 7

Imagery

Answer 7

Words that appeal to the senses

Question 8

Simile

Answer 8

A comparison between to unlike things

Question 9

Metaphor

Answer 9

A comparison saying something is something else

Question 10

Personification

Answer 10

Giving human qualities or characteristics to animals or inanimate objects

Question 11

Symbolism

Answer 11

A word, phrase or image which stands for something

Question 12

Rhetorical question

Answer 12

A question which does not expect an answer

Question 13

Colloquial language

Answer 13

Non standard English

Question 14

Emotive language

Answer 14

Words and phrases that cause an emotional response in the reader

Question 15

Free verse

Answer 15

Lines with no regular structure, rhyme or rhythm

Question 16

Couplet

Answer 16

A pair of lines, usually rhymed

Question 17

Enjambment

Answer 17

A line ending in which the sentence hasn’t ended.

e.g.
I fell down the
stairs and hurt my head

Question 18

Caesura

Answer 18

A natural phrase or break in a line of poetry is indicated by punctuation

Question 19

Alliteration

Answer 19

Repetition of initial consonants sounds in a group or words close together