Know the Lingo - Poetic Devices

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

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Which term refers to the repetition of vowel sounds within words?

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Simile

• Consonance

Which literary device involves an indirect reference to another work or famous figure?

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Symbol

What is a narrative poem that tells a story, often in a musical rhythm?

• Free Verse

• Ballad

• Stanza

• Theme

Which term describes the choice and use of words in writing or speech?

• Meter

• Tone

• Theme

• Diction

What is the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line in poetry?

• Enjambment

• Stanza

• Verse

• Rhythm

Which type of poetry does not follow a specific rhyme scheme or meter?

• Free Verse

• Ballad

• Stanza

• Meter

What is a figure of speech that involves an implied comparison between two unlike things?

• Diction

• Simile

• Symbol

• Metaphor

Which term refers to words that imitate the sound they describe?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance