Poetic Devices Quiz

The repetition of the beginning sound of words close to each other.

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

To use a word or line two or more times in the same poem.

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

To compare two or more things, using the words "like" or "as".

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

An author's choice of words to appeal to any of the five senses.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Imagery & Sensory Language

A conversation between two or more characters.

• Narrative Poem

• Dialogue

• Personification

• Hyperbole

A group of lines in a poem

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Hyperbole

• Stanza

This type of poem tells a story.

• Stanza

• Narrative Poem

• Onomatopoeia

• Dialogue

An exaggeration.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Narrative poem

• Onomatopoeia

Giving non-human things human traits.

• Hyperbole

• Narrative Poem

• Stanza

• Personification

To claim that one thing is another thing in order to highlight a characteristic they share.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole