Poetry devices

Front

What is a stanza containing four lines called?

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Quatrain

Front

What is the term for giving human qualities to nonhuman items?

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Personification

Front

What type of poem has 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme (ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG)?

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Sonnet

Front

What is it called when vowels have repeating sounds in a sentence?

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Assonance

Front

What figurative language paints a picture in the reader's mind?

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Imagery

Front

What is a poem that does not have a specific rhyme scheme or meter?

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Free Verse

Front

What is a pair of rhyming lines called?

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Couplet

Front

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?

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Alliteration

Front

What is a three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure?

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Haiku

Front

What is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor