Poetry Sound Devices

The twang of the banjo made the baby cry.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Words that imitate the sound they are naming.

• diction

• onomatopoeia

• poetry

• the speaker

"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" is

• a haiku

• a metaphor

• alliteration

• a stanza

What is the rhyme scheme of the first four lines of this poem?

• A B C D

• AA BB

• A B C A

• A B A B

This is an example of ....

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

"Shoot," the good sheriff shouted, shooting his shotgun, BANG!"Should Tootle turn loose we're screwed."Which poetic technique is not being used in this excerpt?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

Ring! Ring! is an example of...

• rhyme

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

What device is used here:

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Simile

Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas and is used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and/or develop a sense of urgency.

• Theme

• Irony

• Repeition

• Rhyme Scheme

What is rhyme scheme?

• When you repeat words or lines.

• An evil plan that a poet comes up with.

• The repeated sounds at the beginning of words.

• The pattern of the rhyme in a poem.