Poetic Devices

Question 1

Synthesia

Answer 1

Fusing different senses y describing one kind of sense in words usually used to describe another. Example: “the SOUND of her voice was SWEET” where the sentence describes sound as something you can taste

Question 2

Ambiguity

Answer 2

Phrase or sentence which can mean more than one thing

Question 3

Analogy

Answer 3

A comparison of something familiar with something unfamiliar. Example: “their RELATIONSHIP had begun to THAW” where relationships and thawing are unfamiliar to each other. Example 2: “HE’S like a ROCK” where he and rock are unrelated and unfamiliar

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

Repetition of similar vowels in successive words

Question 5

Consonance

Answer 5

Repetition of consonants with quick succession to sound harmonious

Question 6

Hyperbole

Answer 6

Extravagant exaggeration

Question 7

Metonymy

Answer 7

Substituting the name of a feature for the whole thing

Question 8

Synecdoche

Answer 8

Using part of something to refer to the whole thing

Question 9

Oxymoron

Answer 9

Conjoining contradicting terms. Example: “alone together”

Question 10

Denotation

Answer 10

The literal or primary meaning of a word in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

Question 11

Cacophany

Answer 11

Discordant series of harsh unpleasant sounds to help convey disorder

Question 12

Euphony

Answer 12

Series of musically pleasuring sounds, conveying a sense of harmony and beauty to the language

Question 13

Alliteration

Answer 13

Repeated consonants at the beginning of words. Example: Fast and Furious

Question 14

Double rhyme

Answer 14

A rhyme across multiple words that includes the first two syllables. Example: “arrival and revival”

Question 15

Slant rhyme/half rhyme

Answer 15

A rhyme of the Ladner consonant sound of the word, but the rest of the word doesn’t rhyme. Example: soul, oil, foul. OR: taut, sat, knit. The consonant rhymes, but nothing else does

Question 16

Near rhyme

Answer 16

A rhyme where the final vowel sounds are the same, but the final consonant sounds are different. Example: fine, rhyme

Question 17

Slight rhyme

Answer 17

Words which are spelled the same, as if they would rhyme, but are pronounced differently. Example: enough, cough, through, bough.

Question 18

Allusion

Answer 18

Direct or indirect reference to a familiar figure, place or event from history, mythology, literature or the Bible

Question 19

Alliteration

Answer 19

Repeated consonants at the beginning of words. Example: Fast and Furious

Question 20

Double rhyme

Answer 20

A rhyme across multiple words that includes the first two syllables. Example: “arrival and revival”

Question 21

Slant rhyme/half rhyme

Answer 21

A rhyme of the Ladner consonant sound of the word, but the rest of the word doesn’t rhyme. Example: soul, oil, foul. OR: taut, sat, knit. The consonant rhymes, but nothing else does

Question 22

Near rhyme

Answer 22

A rhyme where the final vowel sounds are the same, but the final consonant sounds are different. Example: fine, rhyme

Question 23

Slight rhyme

Answer 23

Words which are spelled the same, as if they would rhyme, but are pronounced differently. Example: enough, cough, through, bough.

Question 24

Allusion

Answer 24

Direct or indirect reference to a familiar figure, place or event from history, mythology, literature or the Bible