Sound Devices

What poetic device is used in:

"The woods are lovely dark and deep

But I have promises to keep

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep."

• alliteration

• symbolism

• repetition

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Onomatopoeia can be defined as:

• A group of sounds that creates a rhythmic cadence in the poem, allowing for the reader to experience something closer to music.

• A single rhyme that is repeated from start to the end of a poem.

• A sound that is produced only once throughout the entirety of the poem, therefore, justifies the name: ONOmatopoeia.

• A single word that captures or approximates the sound of what it describes, can be a sound made by an animal or object.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Alliteration is . . .

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the end of a sequence of words.

• The repetition of initial consonants sounds through a sequence of words.

• The repetition of vowel sounds at the start of words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"I drove around the block a thousand times before I found your house" is an example of

• Apostrophe

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

The following lines of poetry best demonstrate an example of which literary device?

"Heart- we will forget him!

You and I tonight."

• Apostrophe

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

Their faces were "sternly merry" is an example of

• Apostrophe

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

"He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool", uses which of the following literary devices

• Alliteration

• Alllusion

• Simile

• Parallel Structure

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Plop, plop, fizz fizz" (oh what a relief it is)..

Plop, plop, fizz, fizz is an example of

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Symbol

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A poem that has no regular meter or rhyme scheme it would be considered an example of

• a sonnet

• free verse

• ballad

• ode

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The line "I heard that Negro sing, that old piano moan . . " contains ______

• personification

• imagery

• tone

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5