Poetic Devices Study Guide

What is Alliteration?

• F. the repeating of a consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words 

• G. a rhyming pattern 

• H. when words sound similar because they end with the same vowel and consonant sounds 

• I. comparing two dissimilar things using “like” or “as” (example: as comforting as a hug) 

What is a simile?

• I. comparing two dissimilar things using “like” or “as” (example: as comforting as a hug) 

• J. an understatement (example: calling someone who is slow “Speedy”) 

• K. comparing by stating one thing actually is something else (example: She’s a bear when she gets up in the morning.) 

• L. a saying that is not to be taken literally (example: It’s raining cats and dogs.) 

What is a rhyme?

• H. when words sound similar because they end with the same vowel and consonant sounds 

• I. comparing two dissimilar things using “like” or “as” (example: as comforting as a hug) 

• J. an understatement (example: calling someone who is slow “Speedy”) 

• K. comparing by stating one thing actually is something else (example: She’s a bear when she gets up in the morning.) 

What is a hyperbole?

• B. exaggeration 

• C. words that act like sound effects 

• D. something that is repeated throughout a poem 

• E. the repeating of a consonant sound anywhere in multiple words 

What is a litotes?

• J. an understatement (example: calling someone who is slow “Speedy”) 

• K. comparing by stating one thing actually is something else (example: She’s a bear when she gets up in the morning.) 

• L. a saying that is not to be taken literally (example: It’s raining cats and dogs.) 

• M. when one thing is used to represent something else 

What is a idiom?

• L. a saying that is not to be taken literally (example: It’s raining cats and dogs.) 

• M. when one thing is used to represent something else 

• N. language that paints a picture in the reader’s mind

• C. words that act like sound effects 

What is personification?

• A. giving human qualities to non-human things 

• B. exaggeration 

• C. words that act like sound effects 

• D. something that is repeated throughout a poem 

What is onomatopoeia?

• C. words that act like sound effects 

• D. something that is repeated throughout a poem 

• E. the repeating of a consonant sound anywhere in multiple words 

• F. the repeating of a consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words 

What is symbolism?

• M. when one thing is used to represent something else 

• N. language that paints a picture in the reader’s mind

• C. words that act like sound effects 

• D. something that is repeated throughout a poem 

What is imagery?

• N. language that paints a picture in the reader’s mind

• F. the repeating of a consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words 

• J. an understatement (example: calling someone who is slow “Speedy”) 

• G. a rhyming pattern