Poetry Devices

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before.... is an example of what literary device in the RAVEN.

Give me one example of an allusion.

My sloppy sister snoozes is an example of...

• cleverness

• alliteration

• a rude comment

• personification

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

Drip, plop goes the rain. Splash! It falls on the ground.

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

What is a hyperbole?

• A figure of speech that does not contain an exaggeration for emphasis.

• A figure of speech that contains an exaggeration for emphasis.

• A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as"

• A figure of speech that doesn't use "like" or "as"

What is imagery?

• Writing that doesn't include figures of speech

• A comparison

• Writing that has readers experience the 5 senses.

• An exaggeration