Poetic Devices Definitions

Question 0

Simile

Answer 0

Comparison between two things using “like” or “as”

Question 1

Imagery

Answer 1

Words or phrases that appeal to the senses

Question 2

Personification

Answer 2

Giving human like qualities to animals or objects

Question 3

Metaphor

Answer 3

Comparison of two things; usually uses “is” or a form of “to be”

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

Exaggeration; overstatement

Question 5

Symbol

Answer 5

Something that represents itself but also another thing; has deeper meaning

Question 6

Rhyme

Answer 6

Correspondence of sounds; how sounds work together

Question 7

Onomatopoeia

Answer 7

Words which mimic the sounds they make

Question 8

Alliteration

Answer 8

Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words

Question 9

Consonance

Answer 9

Repeated consonant sound at the end of words

Question 10

Assonance

Answer 10

Repeated vowel sounds in the middle of words

Question 11

Rhyme scheme

Answer 11

The pattern of last words in lines of a poem

Question 12

Ending rhyme

Answer 12

Last words in lines that rhyme

Question 13

Internal rhyme

Answer 13

Words within lines that rhyme

Question 14

Repetition

Answer 14

Using the same words or phrases over and over