Poetic Devices

In poetry, what is repeating the same sounds, words, or lines called?

• simile

• repetition

• rhyme

• alliteration

What is the pattern of rhyming words called?

• alliteration

• repetition

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

Read the line:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

What is this an example of? (onomatopoeia, alliteration, rhythm)

Read the line:

The soda fizzed as the cap twisted off.

What is the onomatopoeia?

Read:

The stars winked good night from the midnight sky.

What poetic device is being used?

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

Read:

John was a stubborn bull after losing the game.

What does this line include?

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Read:

Mia packed fifty dresses to wear on vacation.

What is this an example of?

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• rhythm

Read:

Beautiful friendship tried by sun and wind, Durable from the daily dust of life.

Which does this poem include?

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• onomatopoeia

What is the rhyme scheme?

The green garden lets its shade fall

Over the red old school hall.

There flows the river

That’s amongst the greatest giver.

• ABCD

• AAAB

• AABB

• ABAB

Read the stanza from "Homework Excuses":

I accidentally dropped by work in the soup

when mom wasn't looking,

or my brother flushed it down the toilet,

when I wasn't looking.

Who is the speaker?

• a poet

• a student

• a professor

• a parent