Poetic Devices Template

What kind of figurative language makes a comparison using "like" or "as"?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• allusion

The words highlighted in yellow contained a repeated initial /s/ sound; this poetic device is called ______.

• allusion

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

The pattern of end rhyme in this poem (rhyme scheme) would be labeled as:

• abba

• abab

• abcd

The last line contains two examples of ______________.

• alliteration

• internal rhyme

• allusion

• simile

Line 2 of this poem contains an example of a/an ___________.

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

• rhyme scheme

What kind of stanza is shown in this photo?

• couplet

• quatrain

• sestet

• octave

Which device is used in the red text of the excerpt?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• allusion

This excerpt contains _________.

• three couplets

• one sestet

• three quatrains

The words "light" and "bright" in line 3 are an example of ___________.

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

What kind of stanza is this one?

• couplet

• quatrain

• sestet

• octave