A Quiz About Poetic Devices

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A Quiz About Poetic Devices

-- a repetition of similar vowel sounds in words close together

-- storytelling poem in a predictable rhythm, usually written to be sung

-- repetition of initial consonant sounds in words close together

-- any general comparison between two things

-- all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

-- two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

-- a writer's choice of words

-- the repetition of consonant sounds within words close to each other

-- any exaggeration used to express strong emotion or humor

-- a very long narrative poem about a hero with superhuman abilities

-- word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another, not literally

-- an expression peculiar to a language (it won't translate literally)

-- language that appeals to the senses

-- there is a difference between what is said and what is meant

-- a line of poetry with 5 iambs ( U / U / U / U / U / ) as its rhythm

-- a poem that expresses emotions or thoughts

-- comparison between unlike things (without using like, as, than, or resembles)

-- a funny 5-line poem written with a certain rhyme scheme and rhythm pattern

-- a regular pattern or stressed (/) and unstressed (U) syllables

-- use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning

-- a poem that tells a story

-- repetition of words, phrases, etc. that have the same grammatical structure

-- nonhuman things are given human qualities

-- a play on the multiple meanings of words

-- a repeated word, phrase, or group of lines (like a chorus in a song)

-- musical quality of language, produced by repeating accents

-- when words close together have the same or similar sounding final syllable(s)

-- a group of consecutive lines in a poem

-- comparison between two unlike things using words like like or as

-- the voice talking in a poem

-- a 14-line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter and with a specific rhyme scheme

-- traditional Japanese poem of 3 lines, each having a certain number of syllables (5 7 5)