Poetic Devices and Shakespeare

What is the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text?

• Assonance
• Metaphor
• Enjambment
• Consonance

What is an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning?

• Symbol
• Simile
• Ballad
• Onomatopoeia

What is a comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use connecting words such as "like" or "as?"

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Diction
• Allusion

What is a comparison between two unlike things that uses connecting words such as "like" or "as?"

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Diction
• Allusion

What is the repetition of VOWEL sounds in a chunk of text?

• Consonance
• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Tone

What is a brief reference to a real or fictional person, place, event, or work of art?

• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Diction
• Ballad

What do you call a story/narrative in poetic form?

• Free Verse
• Simile
• Haiku
• Ballad

What occurs when a sentence continues onto the next line of the poem WITHOUT any pause or punctuation?

• Diction
• Metaphor
• Enjambment
• Consonance

What do you call the narrator's attitude toward a subject or character? (In other words, what word do we use to refer to the "vibe" of the writing?)

• Theme

• Tone

• Verse

• Simile

What word describes the repetition of an initial letter/sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?

• Assonance
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia