Poetic and Literary Device Terms Quiz-B

This type of writing uses words for sounds, rhythm, and meaning, along with emphasizing rhyme, repetition, and the beauty of language.

• Persuasive
• Poetry
• Meter

This term refers to how the lines in a poem are divided. It's a collection of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

• Stanza
• Meter
• Beat

The following are examples of what literary device: "boom, crunch, buzz, pow".

• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor
• Personification

What do you call the poetic device when two or more words sound the same, especially at the end of each line?

• Rhyme
• Alliteration
• Rhythm

"The summer day is like sweet music" is an example of what form of figurative language?

• Rhyme Scheme
• Simile
• Metaphor

This term is what we use to refer to "regular writing," which is simple and direct language in sentences and paragraphs with no rhyme and/or rhythm.

• Stories
• Prose
• Poetry

What is measured in meters and can be described as a strong, regular repeated pattern of sound or stressed and unstressed syllables?

• Rhythm
• Poetry
• Melody

What literary device is being used here: "The soft sound of the sea soothed my sorrowful soul." (Same beginning sound)

• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia

What literary device is being used here: "The wind screamed outside my window."

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Idiom

This is used to identify the repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines of a poem. It is often recorded using letters of the alphabet.

• Rhyme Scheme
• Meter
• Rhythm