Poetic Devices

Poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in musical verse.

Lyric poems expresses thoughts or feelings. True or False?

A ____ is anything that represents something else without “like” or “as”.

This device gives human qualities to something that is not human

This is a figure of speech where the truth is exaggerated for humorous effect.

Using like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things.

Sound, word, phrases, or line, is repeated, for emphasis or unity.

"Blind as a bat." That statement about life is a metaphor. True or False?

Repetition of sounds at the end of the line.

Poetry tells story in verse and has similar elements to s short story.

Which statement is an example of imagery?

Words used in a imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true

“The moon turned over to face the day,” is an example of which device?

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!"

" I have a ton of homework." What is it?

A stanza is a ______ in poetry

Language that appeals to the 5 senses.

What are paragraph(s) in prose?

________ is one or more lines repeated in a poem.

This poetic device is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.