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Literary Devices in Poetry

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  • When a poet compares two unlike things that have something in common, this is called a...
    Metaphor
  • Which literary device is used? "At night my brother snores so loud/it sounds just like a riot."
    Simile
  • Words that recreate a sound are called...
    Onomatopoeia
  • Which literary device is used?
    Onomatopoeia
  • Giving human qualities to an object is called...
    Personification
  • When a poet uses lots of sensory detail, it is called...
    Imagery
  • How many lines are in this poem?
    Three
  • Which literary device is used?
    Imagery
  • When a poet compares two unlike things that have something in common by using the words "like" or "as" it is called...
    A Simile
  • Which literary device is most clearly used in this poem?
    Alliteration
  • The repetition of the same letter sound in a sequence of words is called...
    Alliteration
  • What type of rhyme is used in the first line of this stanza?
    Internal Rhyme
  • Which literary device is used in this example? "Last night I dreamt about chickens/They were playing on my pillows/They were nesting on my head/They were walking in my room"
    Repetition
  • Which literary device is used? "Life is a broken-winged bird/That cannot fly."
    Metaphor
  • What type of rhyme is used in this poem?
    End Rhyme
  • When a word or phrase appears over and over in a poem, it is called...
    Repetition
  • How many stanzas are in this poem?
    Two
  • What is a row of words called in a poem?
    A line
  • Is this alliteration or internal rhyme? "It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring."
    Internal Rhyme
  • Which literary device is used? "It's Spring/And the garden is changing its clothes"
    Personification
  • What is a group of lines in a poem called?
    A stanza
  • When two or more words rhyme within one line of a poem, it is called...
    Internal Rhyme
  • Is this metaphor or onomatopoeia? "I'm on the fence about that."
    Metaphor
  • When a word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line, it's called...
    End rhyme