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Literary Terms and Poetic Devices
Literary Terms and Poetic Devices
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This quiz goes over the definitions and examples of poetic devices.
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The kitten's fur was soft as cotton
Literal Language
Quatrain
Metaphor
Simile
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A huge exaggeration
Hyperbole
Quatrain
Extended
Repetition
3
Description that draws on the five senses to create a picture for the reader
Allusion
Imagery
Heroic Couplet
Figurative Language
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A reference in a text to a person, place, or event in the past
Figurative Language
Alliteration
Symbol
Allusion
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The way a piece of literature makes a reader feel
Tone
Metaphor
Personification
Mood
6
Bruno Mars states "I put my hand on a blade for you...." is an example of
Hyperbole
Literal Language
Personification
Repetition
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The American flag represents freedom.
Symbolism
Allusion
Heroic couplet
Literal Language
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The personality traits of a character in literature
Theme/Central Idea
Alliteration
Characterization
Metaphor
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Peter Piper Picked Some Peppers
Alliteration
Connotation
Heroic couplet
Simile
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"A rich man is no richer than a poor man", is an example of
Allusion
Repetition
Paradox
Personification
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Repeating a word or a phrase to emphasize meaning or create a particular effect on the reader
Repetition
Connotation
Alliteration
Oxymoron
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An object used to represent a concept
Repetition
Metaphor
Alliteration
Symbolism
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"Baby Baby Baby, I love you"
Simile
Symbol
Heroic Couplet
Repetition
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Four lines grouped together in a poem
Metaphor
Quatrain
Heroic Couplet
Imagery
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The author's choice of words
Characterization
Mood
Diction
Tone
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The final rhyming lines of a sonnet
Heroic couplet
Metaphor
Simile
Allusion
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A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering in the breeze.
alliteration
oxymoron
connotation
imagery
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When a writer uses poetic devices to create meaning that is not literal
Paradox
Figurative language
Hyperbole
Literal Language
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“When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything."
Connotation
Literal Language
Allusion
Personification
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The close placement of words or phrases for the purpose of contrast
Mood
Diction
Tone
Juxtaposition
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The comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Quatrain
22
The group of 6 lines in poetry
Couplet
Quatrain
Octave
Sestet
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The point in a sonnet where the author makes a change in meaning or tone.
Heroic Couplet
Characterization
"Turn or Shift"
Personification
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When a non-living object is described as having life-like qualities
Oxymoron
Personification
Quatrain
Symbol
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Two words that contradict one another
Oxymoron
Paradox
Allusion
Hyperbole
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The author's attitude in the piece of literature
Tone
Metaphor
Personification
Mood
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The basic meaning of a statement, without any interpreting
Allusion
Simile
Literal language
Oxymoron
28
The repetition of the consonant sounds of the beginning of words
Hyperbole
Repetition
Literal Language
alliteration
29
"Jumbo Shrimp" is an example of
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Simile
Paradox
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Freddie is a pig when she eats.
Repetition
Simile
Heroic couplet
Metaphor
31
A statement that seems to contradict itself
Paradox
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Imagery
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The main idea of piece of literature
Simile
Theme/Central Idea
Characterization
Personification
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When the ENTIRE poem is a metaphor
Imagery
Extended Metaphor
Heroic
Paradox
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"The ocean heaved a sigh," is an example of
Symbol
Simile
Personification
Quatrain
