Poetry Devices and Figurative Language

The pattern of end rhyme 

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Rhyme Scheme

• Slant Rhyme

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Words at the end of lines that rhyme is cammed an 

• End Rhyme

• Internal Rhyme

• Exact Rhyme

• Near Rhyme

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The following line is an example of which sound device?
"Poetry is old, ancient, goes far back." 

• assonance 

• alliteration

• repetition

• consonance

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What is the name of the literary technique where two contrasting ideas are placed side by side in order to show a contrasting effect?

• symbolism

• juxtaposition

• apostrophe

• Rhyme

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The following line conveys which sound device?
"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary"

• a rhyme scheme

• an internal rhyme 

• an end rhyme

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All of the following artistic choices could be made to speed up the reading pace of a poem except for 

• the use of rhyme and rhyme scheme throughout the poem

• the use of sound devices such as alliteration and consonance 

• the integration of punctuation such as commas or dashes frequently used throughout the poem

• the elimination of or use of minimal punctuation throughout the poem

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All of the following artistic choices would add layers of meaning to the central theme of a poem except for 

• the use of symbolism 

• the use of an extended metaphor

• the use of figurative language 

• the use of an intricate rhyme scheme

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The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

• Theme

• Tone

• Verse

• Hyperbole

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A group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph or verse

• Lines

• Chorus

• Stanza

• Refrain

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What is the definition of alliteration in poetry?

• Repetition of the same final vowel sound in a series of words within a line or phrase of poetry

• The repetition of the same word at the beginning of each line in a poem

• The use of similes and metaphors in a poem

• Repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words within a line or phrase of poetry

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