Poetry Devices Flashcards
1
Q
What’s alliterations?
A
The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of a word
Eg: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
2
Q
What’s Assonance
A
The repetition of a vowel sound
Eg: st(ay) aw(ay) from our displ(ay)
3
Q
what’s hyperbole
A
Exaggeration
4
Q
What’s idioms
A
expressions that have a meaning apart from the meanings of individual words
Eg: its raining cats & dogs
5
Q
What’s onomatopoeia
A
Words that make sounds
Eg: Boom, Crash, Bang etc
6
Q
What’s personification
A
Giving non-human things human qualities
Eg the flower begged for water
7
Q
Rhyming, what does it mean
A
Two words that sound alike
