Poetic Devices first quiz

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

A reference to someone or something famous

Question 3

Analogy

Answer 3

Comparison of 2 or more unlike things in order to show a similarity in their characteristics

Question 4

Simile

Answer 4

Comparison of 2 unlike things using “like” or “as”

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

Comparison of 2 unlike things where one word is used to designate the other ( one IS the other)

Question 6

Extended metaphor

Answer 6

Compares two unlike things in a more detailed and complex way than a simple metaphor

Question 7

Assonance

Answer 7

Repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of a poem

Question 8

Consonance

Answer 8

Repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words, not just at the beginning

Question 8

Idiom

Answer 8

The literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression. It means something other than what it actually says.

Question 8

Imagery

Answer 8

Language that provides a sensory experience using sight, sound, smell, touch, and or taste.

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Question 10

Litote

Answer 10

It’s like using the opposite to say something in a nicer way.

Question 11

Onomatopoeia

Answer 11

Words that imitate the sound that they’re naming

Question 12

Oxymoron

Answer 12

Combines 2 usually enemy terms in a tight paradox

Question 13

Personification

Answer 13

A non-living thing given human life like qualities

Question 14

Symbolism

Answer 14

The use of a word or object or a written sign used to represent something invisible