Poetic Sound Devices

SOUND DEVICES create a specific sound effect (harsh or pleasing) in order to emphasize the poem’s overall meaning.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.4.10

Poetry usually has a regular beat.  This beat is called the…

• rhythm
• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

The repetition of identical sounds at the ENDS of lines of poetry.

• end rhyme
• internal rhyme
• onomatopoeia
• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of identical sounds WITHIN a line of poetry.

• internal rhyme
• end rhyme
• alliteration
• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

REPETITION is the repeating of a sound, word, phrase in a given literary work.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

The repetition of CONSONANT sounds at the BEGINNINGS of words.

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• consonance
• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

The repetition of identical or similar VOWEL sounds in nearby words.

• assonance
• consonance
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Repetition of the same CONSONANT two or more times in short succession.

• consonance
• assonance
• onomatopoeia
• end rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

The use of words whose sounds suggest the sounds made by objects or activities.

• onomatopoeia
• consonance
• end rhyme
• internal rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4