Poetic devices
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- Q1What is the difference between metonymy and synecdoche?Synecdoche is a direct comparison while metonymy is more indirectMetonymy is a direct comparison while synecdoche is more indirectSynecdoche is associated with the subject while metonymy is part of a subjectMetonymy is associated with the subject while synecdoche is part of a subject120s
- Q2What is the difference between assonance and consonance?Assonance relates to sound while consonance relates to rhymeAssonance occurs the end of a stanza and consonance is at the beginning of a stanzaAssonance is always at the beginning of a word while consonance is anywhere in a wordAssonance is composed of vowel sounds while consonance is composed of consonant sounds120s
- Q3What is one possible impact of antithesis?It helps speed up the pace of the readingIt can convey conflicted or confused feelingsIt can show the thought process of the speakerIt can provide a harsh sound to the poem120s
- Q4How can you recognize a caesura in a poem?Through the use of figurative languageThrough the end rhyme of the linesThrough the sound at the beginning of the wordsThrough punctuation such as a dash or semicolon120s
- Q5What is one possible effect of enjambment on a poem?Slows down the pace to focus the readerStops the reader's thought process to focus on certain wordsHelps mimic the speaker's inner thoughts and introspectionAdds a set rhyme scheme to help with rhythm120s
- Q6The following passage is an example of what poetic device?: " It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way"EnjambmentSynecdocheCaesuraAntithesis120s
- Q7The following lines are an example of what poetic device?: "You’re nobody! Are you? No, You are somebody; are you?"AlliterationEnjambmentMetonymycaesura120s
- Q8The following lines are example of what poetic device?: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, - While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping."CaesuraSynecdocheAntithesisAlliteration120s
- Q9The following lines contain an example of what poetic device? And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.AntithesisMetonymySynecdocheAlliteration120s
- Q10The following lines are an example of what device? If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer... If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire For we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!synecdocheantithesisconsonanceenjambment120s