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Poetic Devices

Quiz by Barbara Clark

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  • Q1
    Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses.
    imagery definition
    30s
  • Q2
    the elements that provide a musical quality to poetry
    sound devices definition
    30s
  • Q3
    Examples: rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration, and onomatopoeia
    sound devices examples
    30s
  • Q4
    The beat of a poem.
    rhythm definition
    30s
  • Q5
    comparison using like or as
    simile definition
    30s
  • Q6
    comparison not using like or as
    metaphor definition
    30s
  • Q7
    the use of words that imitate sounds
    onomatopoeia definition
    30s
  • Q8
    The pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza. Example- the pattern ababbcbcc.
    rhyme scheme definition
    30s
  • Q9
    The repetition of the same sound at the end of words
    rhyme definition
    30s
  • Q10
    an extreme exaggeration
    hyperbole definition
    30s
  • Q11
    The repetition of consonant sounds at the BEGINNING of words.
    alliteration definition
    30s
  • Q12
    repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis in a poem
    repetition definition
    30s
  • Q13
    an expression that has a special meaning different from the literal meaning of the words
    idiom definition
    30s
  • Q14
    a grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme.
    stanza definition
    30s
  • Q15
    giving human-like qualities to nonhuman things
    personification definition
    30s

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