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Poetic techniques
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A quiz to remind students of poetic techniques.
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What is a rhyme?
The pace of a line.
The emphasis on one word in a line.
A pack of cards.
When a sound corresponds with another for particular effect.
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A simile is...
Smile - with an i.
A comparison of two things using 'as' or 'like'.
Comparing two images.
If you want to say similar but using another word.
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What is onomatopoeia?
Something ironic.
A figure of speech in which the sound imitates its sense.
A really long poem.
When a poem is made up of one word lines.
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Personification is ...
The person reading the poem.
The deep analysis of a person.
When the end of several lines rhyme.
When an abstract thing is given human qualities.
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Poetry is ...
Beautiful words in an interesting order.
A song
A story in paragraphs
An expression of feelings and ideas ordered in stanzas
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What is enjambment?
When a word sounds like its meaning.
The running on of a sentence beyond a line.
A long train.
Two images used at the same time.
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An oxymoron...
The repetition of three or more words beginning with 'oxy'.
Two opposing words are placed together for effect.
A cream for bad skin.
A silly image.
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A poem is traditionally written in...
Paragraphs.
Stanzas.
A warm house.
A random order.
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Alliteration is ...
A work of literary value.
A stanza in poetry.
Repetition of a consonant at the beginning of several words.
Repetition of vowel sounds in a text.
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What is assonance?
When someone really annoys you.
The repetition of consonant sounds.
The repetition of vowel sounds in a line.
Two or more stanzas together.
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Imagery is ...
The use of sensory words to create a clear mental image.
Using your imagination.
A fluffy cloud.
Repeating two or more words in a poem.
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What is hyperbole?
A bowling alley.
When you need some sugar.
A pause in a poem.
A figure of speech composed of striking exaggeration.
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What is a pun?
The poet's attitude towards the poem's speaker.
Wordplay where a word has two different meanings.
When a word sounds like its meaning.
An upside down bun.
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What is ellipsis?
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#
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A metaphor is ...
Comparison of one thing to another without 'as' or 'like'.
Comparison using 'as' or 'like'.
A number after Metafive.
The repetition of a consonant sound.
