Poetic Devices

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of the words that are near each other

Question 2

rhyme

Answer 2

words or syllables that sound the same at the end of lines or verses

Question 3

onomatopoeia

Answer 3

words that imitate the sound

Question 4

rhythm

Answer 4

a pattern of sounds produced by long,short or stressed syllables

Question 5

metaphor

Answer 5

comparing 2 things by saying 1 is another

Question 6

personification

Answer 6

giving non-human things human human characteristics

Question 7

assonance

Answer 7

the similarity of vowel sounds in words found in a line or verse of a poem

Question 8

simile

Answer 8

comparing 2 things saying one is like or as another

Question 9

imagery

Answer 9

language that creates a picture in your mind

Question 10

sibilance

Answer 10

repetition of ‘s’ or ‘sh’ sounds

Question 11

enjambment

Answer 11

when a sentence or phrase runs over from one line to another

Question 12

oxymoron

Answer 12

2 words with different meanings put next to each other

Question 13

emotive language

Answer 13

words that cause an emotional response

Question 14

free verse

Answer 14

poetry that doesn’t rhyme or have no regular line length

Question 15

caesura

Answer 15

a pause in a line of poetry