poetry devices

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Alliteration is the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words

Question 2

Hyperbole

Answer 2

Hyperbole is exaggerated statements that should not be taken literally

Question 3

Irony

Answer 3

Irony is having 2 contradicting ideas in the same poem

Question 4

Meter

Answer 4

Meter is the structural element and rhythmic structure within a poem

Question 5

Synecdoche

Answer 5

Synecdoche is a figure of speech which represents a whole or vice versa

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

A metaphor is a figure of speech that says one thing is another even though they aren’t the same

Question 7

Assonance

Answer 7

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds

Question 8

Connotation

Answer 8

Connotation is a literary device that refers to how a word can be interpreted

Question 9

Paradox

Answer 9

Paradox is made of 2 or more contradicting lines that convey a meaning

Question 10

Oxymoron

Answer 10

Oxymoron is a group of self-contradicting words

Question 11

Epizeuxis

Answer 11

Epizeuxis is a literature technique that repeats words for effect

Question 12

Iambic pentameter

Answer 12

Iambic pentameter is a line in the poem which consists of 10 syllables

Question 13

Allegory

Answer 13

Allegory is story, picture, artwork or poem that uses symbols to convey a meaning

Question 14

Anaphora

Answer 14

Anaphora prevents the duplication of words like he, she, they, it

Question 15

Enjambment

Answer 15

Enjambment is the continuation of a sentence without a pause