Poe Lit Terms

The same letter or sound at the BEGINNING of the word.

• alliteration

• assonance

• internal rhyme

• onomatopoeia

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of which literary term?

• alliteration

• assonance

• personification

• mood

The same VOWEL sounds in the middle of words that are close together.

• alliteration

• assonance

• internal rhyme

• onomatopoeia

When a word in the middle of the sentence rhymes with a word at the end of the sentence.

• Internal Rhyme

• End Rhyme

• Assonance

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December" is an example of which literary term?

• Internal Rhyme

• End Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

A word which imitates a sound.

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• alliteration

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Words like "achoo! pow! whoosh! splat!" are examples of which literary term?

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• alliteration

• theme

TYPES OF IRONY: When the audience knows something the character doesn't.

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

TYPES OF IRONY: When we say one thing but mean another. (sarcasm)

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

The emotions the reader feels while reading.

• irony

• mood

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia