Poetry Devices
Get your pens out, folks, because we’re diving straight into poetry today. What can you tell us about the poetic devices – such as imagery, theme, alliteration, simile, rhyme, etc. – and their uses? Let’s take a look.
- 1.
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words within the same line of a poem.
- A.
Metaphor
- B.
Allusion
- C.
Alliteration
- D.
Rhyme
Correct Answer
C. Alliteration -
- 2.
A rhetorical device were a speaker of the poem addresses a non-human or innanimate object as if it can hear him or her, but expects no reply in return.
- A.
Consonance
- B.
Apostrophe
- C.
Imagery
- D.
Meter
Correct Answer
B. Apostrophe -
- 3.
An intended extreme exaggeration.
- A.
Free Verse
- B.
Simile
- C.
Assonance
- D.
Hyperbole
Correct Answer
D. Hyperbole -
- 4.
A reference to a well-known place, event, person, literary work, or work of art.
- A.
Consonance
- B.
Assonance
- C.
Allusion
- D.
Imagery
Correct Answer
C. Allusion -
- 5.
A situation in whichh what is expected to appen contradicts what actually happens.
- A.
Sonnet
- B.
Couplet
- C.
Blank verse
- D.
Irony
Correct Answer
D. Irony -
- 6.
2 rhyming words that are in 2 lines consecutively and rhyme. (.....love ....dove)
- A.
Couplet
- B.
Simile
- C.
Onomatopoeia
- D.
Inversion
Correct Answer
A. Couplet -
- 7.
The repetition of vowel sounds witin the same line of a poem.
- A.
Assonance
- B.
Extended Metaphor
- C.
Imagery
- D.
Meter
Correct Answer
A. Assonance -
- 8.
A figure of speec in wic a direct comparison is made between 2 unlike subjects.
- A.
Metaphor
- B.
Simile
- C.
Personification
- D.
Inversion
Correct Answer
A. Metaphor -
- 9.
A situation in whic whhat is expected to happen contradicts what actually happens. (Type of...)
- A.
Situational Irony
- B.
Internal Rhyme
- C.
Verbal Irony
- D.
Sonnet
Correct Answer
A. Situational Irony -
- 10.
The voice behind te poet is often different .
- A.
Speaker
- B.
Sonnet
- C.
Shakespearean Sonnet
- D.
Irony
Correct Answer
A. Speaker -
- 11.
A group of lines in a poem that contain the same thematic idea, meter, or rhyme pattern.
- A.
Verbal Irony
- B.
Symbol
- C.
Stanza
- D.
Blank Verse
Correct Answer
C. Stanza -
- 12.
The repetition of consonant sounds withhin words in the same line of a poem.
- A.
Simile
- B.
Consonance
- C.
Symbol
- D.
Sonnet
Correct Answer
B. Consonance -
- 13.
A writer's attitude toward the subject wic he or she is writing.
- A.
Tone
- B.
Irony
- C.
Symbol
- D.
Situational Irony
Correct Answer
A. Tone -
- 14.
A figure of speech in which "like" or "as" is used to compare unlike subjects.
- A.
Imagery
- B.
Personification
- C.
Simile
- D.
Meter
Correct Answer
C. Simile -
- 15.
A 14 line poem usually written in rhymed iambic parameter that usually has a theme surrounding some type of love.
- A.
Sonnet
- B.
Shakespearean
- C.
Couplet
- D.
Free Verse
Correct Answer
A. Sonnet -
- 16.
Use of descriptive words and phrasees that appeal to te five senses
- A.
Inversion
- B.
Imagery
- C.
Rhyme Scheme
- D.
Free Verse
Correct Answer
B. Imagery -
- 17.
A line of poetry where the rhyme occurs inside the line.
- A.
Internal Rhyme
- B.
Stanza
- C.
Blank Verse
- D.
Free Verse
Correct Answer
A. Internal Rhyme -
- 18.
The rhythmical patterns or beat in a line of poetry
- A.
Inversion
- B.
End Rhyme
- C.
Meter
- D.
Assonance
Correct Answer
C. Meter -
- 19.
A figure of speec in wich a comparison of two unlike things is developed througout sveral lines of a poem.
- A.
Extended Metaphor
- B.
Meter
- C.
Free Verse
- D.
Blank Verse
Correct Answer
A. Extended Metaphor -
- 20.
A figure of speech in whic a comparison of two unlike things is hinted at indirectly.
- A.
Implied Metaphor
- B.
Consonance
- C.
Alliteration
- D.
Simile
Correct Answer
A. Implied Metaphor -
- 21.
The words at the end of a line that rhymes.
- A.
Rhyme Scheme
- B.
Meter
- C.
Inversion
- D.
End Rhyme
Correct Answer
D. End Rhyme -
- 22.
The intentional matching or repetition of sounds at the end of a line or poetry
- A.
Free Verse
- B.
Rhyme Scheme
- C.
Assonance
- D.
Alliteration
Correct Answer
B. Rhyme Scheme -
- 23.
The intentional reversal of a normal order of words by the poet to fit a particular meter or rhyme scheme
- A.
Meter
- B.
Simile
- C.
Personification
- D.
Inversion
Correct Answer
D. Inversion -
- 24.
A form of poetry witout any rhyme or meter.
- A.
Allusion
- B.
Hyperbole
- C.
Free Verse
- D.
Blank Verse
Correct Answer
C. Free Verse -
- 25.
A sound device in which the spellingg of the word demonstrates the actual sound it is intended to make
- A.
Allusion
- B.
Personification
- C.
Meter
- D.
Onomatopoeia
Correct Answer
D. Onomatopoeia -
- 26.
A person or object that represents another object or idea.
- A.
Imagery
- B.
Symbol
- C.
Internal Rhyme
- D.
Couplet
Correct Answer
B. Symbol -
- 27.
A type of poetry that employs unrhymed iambic pentameter
- A.
Internal Rhyme
- B.
Stanza
- C.
Blank Verse
- D.
Free Verse
Correct Answer
C. Blank Verse -
- 28.
What is spoken is different from whhat is meant
- A.
Verbal Irony
- B.
Sonnet
- C.
Situational Irony
- D.
Internal Rhyme
Correct Answer
A. Verbal Irony -
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