Poetic Devices Quiz

Repeating words or phrases to emphasize an idea.

What is the term for repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of multiple words?

A Japanese poem with three unrhyming lines that are 5, 7 and 5 syllables.

The pattern of rhyme at the end of each line in a poem.

The sound pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables.

What is the name of the term that compares two things using "like" or "as"?

What is term used for repeating the same sound at the end of words?

Speaking to a real or imagined listener or inanimate object; addressing it by name.

What is the term called when non-human things are given human characteristics?

A poem that is meant to teach.

What is a section or chunk of poetry called?

What is the name of a poem that is 14 lines long, and 10 syllables per line?

A poem that does not "follow the rules" and there is no set rhyme scheme or meter.

What is the term that compares two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"?

What is the term called when an author over-exaggerates?

Continuing a line of poetry from one line to the next without a pause or using punctuation.

Substituting something harmless for something that may be taken offensively.

A long narrative poem where a heroic protagonist's adventure is told.

What is the term used for an expression or saying such as "That car costs an arm and a leg"?

The way a poem is written. (Poem type, # of stanzas, rhyme scheme, rhythm & length of meter)

What is a stanza that is only two rhyming lines long?

What is it called when a writer uses very descriptive language that appeals to the five senses?

What is the name of a stanza that is four lines long?

A generally long poem that tells a story, has a narrator and has characters.

The author's word choice.

The type of poem that was originally meant to be sang with music.

A poem that is a brief, powerful, description of an event or experience. 

Repeating the same words or phrases at the beginning of multiple sentences.

A word or image that stands for something else.

What is the term used for a word that imitates its sound? Example: Pow! Boom!