Poetry Terms and Sound Devices

Poetry usually has a regular beat.  This beat is called the…

• rhythm
• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance

The repetition of identical sounds at the ENDS of words.

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

REPETITION is the repeating of a sound, word, phrase in a given literary work.

• True
• False

The repetition of CONSONANT sounds at the BEGINNINGS of words.

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• consonance
• assonance

The repetition of identical or similar VOWEL sounds in words.

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme scheme

The use of words that are spelled out like sounds.

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• rhyme

• alliteration

The pattern of rhyming lines in a poem.

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• consonance

• alliteration

Repetition of the same CONSONANT two or more times inside words.

• consonance

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

Ring! Ring! is an example of...

• rhyme

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

• a telephone

My sloppy sister snoozes is an example of...

• repetition

• alliteration

• a rude comment

• assonance