Poetic Devices #1

Poetic Devices #1

Terms and Definitions

Form

The way a poem looks and is arranged.

-Sonnet

-Accrostic

-Free verse

-Haiku

Stanzas and Lines

Stanzas are a group or paragraphs of words. Some forms of poetry has a specific number of lines and stanzas required.

Multiple Select

Which of the following is not a form of poetry?

• Apostic

• Free Verse

• Accrostic

• Sonnet

Theme

• "Message"

• "Take away"

• More than the topic/main idea

Tone

Dominant feelings the poet feels towards the subject. It is not only have the poet feels but how the poem reads.

NOT THE MOOD!

Multiple Select

Tone words are...

• Dissatisfied

• Critical

• Optimistic

• Sad

• Depressing

Poetic Devices

Essential tools that a poet uses to create rhythm, enhance a poem's meaning, or intensify a mood or feeling.

Imagery

Words or phrases that provide a mental image or images. Accomplished mostly through poetic devices and diction (specific word choice).

Poll

(POLL) Best way to provide imagery

• visualizing descriptions

• sounds or dialogue

• description of movements

• smells and tastes

• Texture and feeling

Multiple Choice

A word the imitates the natural sound of a thing

• alliteration
• repetition
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Human qualities given to animals, objects or ideas

• simile
• personification
• hyperbole
• alliteration 

Multiple Choice

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally 

• extended metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Compares two things that are different without using the words like or as is a(n)...

• extended metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

jumbo shrimp is an example of...

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• rhetorical question

Multiple Choice

What kind of figurative language makes a comparison using "like" or "as"?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• allusion