Stylistic elements (Poetic Devices) Practice Quiz

HYPERBOLE

• A comparison that is made directly

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• A comparison made with “as,” “like,” or “than.”

• the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

IMAGERY

• Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images. Specifically, using vivid or figurative language to represent ideas, objects, or actions.

• The repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line. Rhymed words conventionally share all sounds following the word’s last stressed syllable.

• A group of lines in poetry. A stanza is similar to a paragraph in prose.

• A comparison (see Metaphor) made with “as,” “like,” or “than.”

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

METAPHOR

• a break between words within a metrical foot.

  a pause near the middle of a line.

• A figure of speech in which the poet describes an abstraction, a thing, or a nonhuman form as if it were a person.

• A comparison that is made directly

• a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

PERSONIFICATION

• The repetition of initial stressed, consonant sounds in a series of words within a phrase or verse line.

• the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

• Often used in political speeches and occasionally in prose and poetry, anaphora is the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines to create a sonic effect.

• A figure of speech in which the poet describes an abstraction, a thing, or a nonhuman form as if it were a person.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

SIMILE

• A comparison (see Metaphor) made with “as,” “like,” or “than.”

• The pattern of end rhyme (represented with the letters of the alphabet)

• The repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line. Rhymed words conventionally share all sounds following the word’s last stressed syllable.

• A figure of speech in which the sound of a word imitates its sense

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

SYMBOLISM

• The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants; sometimes called vowel rhyme.

• the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

• using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance

• A figure of speech in which the sound of a word imitates its sense

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

ALLITERATION

• the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

• using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance

• a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.

• The repetition of initial stressed, consonant sounds in a series of words within a phrase or verse line.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

ANAPHORA

• Often used in political speeches and occasionally in prose and poetry, anaphora is the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines to create a sonic effect.

• A resemblance in sound between two words, or an initial rhyme (see also Alliteration). Consonance can also refer to shared consonant

• an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• A statement or situation that is the opposite of what one might expect

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

ASSONANCE

• The repetition of initial stressed, consonant sounds in a series of words within a phrase or verse line.

• The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants; sometimes called vowel rhyme.

• A comparison that is made directly.

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CONSONANCE

• Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images. Specifically, using vivid or figurative language to represent ideas, objects, or actions. 

• A group of lines in poetry. A stanza is similar to a paragraph in prose.

• A resemblance in sound between two words, or an initial rhyme (see also Alliteration). Consonance can also refer to shared consonants.

• the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4