Sound Devices in Poetry

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem or verse is referred to as:

• Syntax

• Rhyme Scheme

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.7.4

A type of rhyme when two or more words, close to one another, repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.

• Consonance

• Assonance

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words
• the repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words
• the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
• the repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Big, bad Bernie Bean-Toes ate two banana bunches

• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance
• why does Ms. Schleiden let her cat eat bananas?

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that sound alike at the end.

• alliteration
• personification
• rhyme
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My sloppy sister snoozes is an example of...

• cleverness
• alliteration
• a rude comment
• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the rhyme scheme of the first four lines of this poem?

• A B C D

• AA BB

• A B C A

• A B A B

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CCSS.RL.7.4

A stanza is similar to a(n):

• Essay

• Paragraph

• Line

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The sleeping geese recline their heads.

• assonance
• consonance
• none
• rhyme

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The plums are proud and round.

• assonance
• consonance
• none
• rhyme

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4