Poetry Sound Devices

A type of rhyme when two or more words, close to one another, repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.

• Consonance

• Assonance

Words that sound alike at the end.

• alliteration

• personification

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem or verse is referred to as:

• Syntax

• Rhyme Scheme

• Personification

• Alliteration

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words

• the repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words

• the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words

• the repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song

Which is used to enhance a poem's mood and meaning through the way words sound?

• Sound devices

• Figurative language

Which sound device refers to the repitition of vowel sounds?

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Assonance

Poets may use sounds devices to make a poem more vivid or to create a tone or mood. _________________ is the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words or syllables.

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

Techniques used by poets to build on the meaning and experience of a poem through the patterns of sounds in the poem is called

• Figurative Language

• Sensory Details

• Sound Devices

• Form and Structure

The repetition of vowel sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Theme

• Personification

The sound of poetry; how it is supposed to be said.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Symbol

• Stanza

• Rhythm