Poetic Devices and Literary Terms

What is the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text called?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

What is an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning?

• Symbol

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Theme

What is the measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line?

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Stanza

• Verse

What is a unified group of lines in poetry, often marked by spacing between sections of the poem?

• Stanza

• Verse

• Enjambment

• Free Verse

What is the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry, affecting the speed and smoothness of the poem?

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Tone

• Diction

What is the repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text?

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

What is the central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader?

• Theme

• Tone

• Symbol

• Diction

What is the author’s specific word choice called?

• Tone

• Diction

• Theme

• Symbol

What is the attitude the poem’s narrator takes towards a subject or character?

• Tone

• Theme

• Diction

• Symbol

What is poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter called?

• Free Verse

• Blank Verse

• Stanza

• Enjambment