Poetic Terms Review

Select the connotative meaning of "sick"

• to be ill or unwell

• to feel nauseous or like you're going to throw up

• stylish; cool; edgy

This poetic term is defined as "a harsh or disagreeable combination of sounds"

• denotation

• dissonance

• consonance

• caesura

This poetic term is defined as "the repetition of consonant sounds"

• apostrophe

• allegory

• anaphora

• alliteration

The follow excerpt is an example of which poetic technique?

"If anyone stumbles across it,

return it to me, please.

Please return it, sir."

• assonance

• anadiplosis

• alliteration

• denotation

The follow excerpt is an example of which poetic technique?

"...one last glimpse at all

she'd ever known: the palm trees wave goodbye

as she steps on to the plane, the mountains shrink

from her eyes as she lifts off into another life."

• assonance

• personification

• connotation

• onomatoepia

Which poetic device is characterized by the use of exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Identify the poetic technique used in the following excerpt:

"The sun smiled down on us, warming our faces and hearts."

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Identify the poetic technique used in the following excerpt:

"Or the insults are easier

to swallow

than rubble

than bone

than your child body"

• refrain

• anadiplosis

• anaphora

• hyperbole

Identify the poetic technique used in the following excerpt:

"And I keep that scrap

of paper

in my pocket"

• Consonance

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Caesura

Identify the poetic technique used in the following excerpt:

"the evening lights in the windows

the beloved exposed throat of the sky

the smell of the subway the lead of the river"

• Anadiplosis

• Anaphora

• Metaphor

• Simile