Poetic Devices

What is the poetic device that uses vivid, descriptive language to appeal to the five senses?

• Imagery

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Which poetic device is an over-exaggeration used for emphasis or effect?

• hyperbole

• simile

• irony

• metaphor

What is a direct comparison of two different things?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Which poetic device gives human-like qualities to a non-human thing?

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

What is the comparison of two different things that uses 'like' or 'as'?

• simile

• metaphor

• analogy

• personification

Which poetic device uses an object to represent a complex or abstract idea?

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is the repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words called?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Which poetic device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences, lines, or clauses?

• anaphora

• consonance

• assonance

• imagery

What is the repetition of vowel sounds within words close to each other?

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Which poetic device involves the repetition of consonant sounds close to each other?

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia