Poetry Sound Examples

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

Big, bad Bernie Bean-Toes ate two banana bunches

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

Ring! Ring! is an example of...

• rhyme
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• personification

Words that sound alike at the end.

• alliteration
• personification
• rhyme
• onomatopoeia

My sloppy sister snoozes is an example of...

• cleverness
• alliteration
• a rude comment
• personification

What device is used here:

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Simile

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

What is rhyme scheme?

• When you repeat words or lines.

• An evil plan that a poet comes up with.

• The repeated sounds at the beginning of words.

• The pattern of the rhyme in a poem.

What is the rhyme scheme?

• A B A B C D A D
• No rhyme scheme
• A A B B C C
•  LMNOP

All poems must rhyme:

• True

• False