Poetic Devices

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

A comparison of two unlike things

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

A comparison not using like or as

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Giving inanimate objects human qualities

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

Great exaggeration used for emphasis

Question 5

Imagery

Answer 5

The word pictures created by an author often using sensory details to evoke emotions

Question 6

Tone

Answer 6

An author or speakers attitude towards a subject.

Question 7

Speaker/persona

Answer 7

The voice that communicates with the reader

Question 8

Theme

Answer 8

The main idea or message of a literary work

Question 9

Stanza

Answer 9

Group of lines forming a unit in a poem

Question 10

Couplet

Answer 10

A pair of tuned lines that may or may not form a separate stanza in a poem

Question 11

Rhyme scheme

Answer 11

The pattern of end rhymes

Question 12

Free verse

Answer 12

Composed of variable, often unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern

Question 13

Alliteration

Answer 13

Repetition of consonant sounds

Question 14

Assonance

Answer 14

repetition of vowel sounds within a line or two of text

Question 15

Symbolism

Answer 15

When an object, person, place or experience represents something else, usually an abstract thought or feeling

Question 16

Repetition

Answer 16

A reiteration of a word or phrase for emphasis

Question 17

Allusion

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A reference to a familiar person place thing or event

Question 18

Situational irony

Answer 18

When the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what one expects

Question 19

Verbal irony

Answer 19

When there is a difference between what is said and what is meant, sarcasm

Question 20

Shakespearean sonnet

Answer 20

A 14 lined poem that uses 10 syllables per line.