Poetic devices 🎨

Question 1

metaphor:

Answer 1

comparing one thing to another as if it actually becomes something else

Question 2

personification

Answer 2

describing a non-living object by giving it living characteristics

Question 3

alliteration

Answer 3

repetition of identical consonant sounds

Question 4

assonance

Answer 4

repetition of identical vowal sounds

Question 5

onomatopoeia

Answer 5

use of consonants and vowels to imitate sound or action

Question 6

euphemism

Answer 6

stating something harsh in a pleasant way

Question 7

antithesis

Answer 7

use of two or more contrasting ideas in close proximity

Question 8

elision

Answer 8

leaving out certain words and replacing them with ‘ for the sake of the rhythm

Question 9

rhetorical question

Answer 9

a question asked by the poet, without expecting an answer

Question 10

emphasis

Answer 10

various techniques can be used to make certain ideas stand out

Question 11

irony

Answer 11

language that states the exact opposite of what it actually intended

Question 12

simile:

Answer 12

comparing one thing to another using as or like