Poetic Terms/devices

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repetition of initial consonant

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

Reference to a famous historical or literary event/person.

Question 3

Assossance

Answer 3

Repetition of vowel use.

Question 4

Consonance

Answer 4

Repetition of initial and internal consonants.

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

The exaggeration of the truth.

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Comparison of two things without using “like” or “as”

Question 7

Onomatopoeia

Answer 7

Words that sound like a natural sound.

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Giving human features to an object.

Question 9

Repetition

Answer 9

Repeated use of the same word.

Question 10

Simile

Answer 10

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