Poetic Devices

Question 1

Stanza

Answer 1

Verses ( paragraph ) introduces a new thought about a subject

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound within a series of words.Assonance creates rhythm in a poem.

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

Alliteration is when you use words that have the same sound or letter at the beginning

Question 4

Onomatopoeia

Answer 4

Onomatopoeia is when the word makes the sound describing, example: crack, whoosh

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

A simile is a type of figurative, it uses like or as

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

another example of figurative language. It describes something by saying it is something else, For example, ‘His curiosity was an endless road

Question 7

Personification

Answer 7

Giving human traits to a non- human

Question 8

Iambic pentameter

Answer 8

a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity

Question 9

Repetition

Answer 9

the recurrence of an action or event.

Question 10

Rhyme

Answer 10

Wall(of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another.

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Question 12

Extended metaphor

Answer 12

When an author exploits a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked

Question 13

Symbolism

Answer 13

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.