Poetic Devices

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

Reference to something cultural in history or literature

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Repitition on consonants

Question 3

Connotation

Answer 3

Makes you think of something else by means of association

Question 4

Personification

Answer 4

Writing about an object as if it were human

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

Open comparison

Question 6

Paradox

Answer 6

Statement which appears contradictory

Question 7

Hyperbole

Answer 7

Exaggeration for heightened impact

Question 8

Onomatopoeia

Answer 8

Phonetically imitates the sound described

Question 9

Foreshadowing

Answer 9

Hints of what is to come

Question 10

Metaphor

Answer 10

Closed comparison

Question 11

Pun

Answer 11

Words with double meaning used for comic effect

Question 12

Motif

Answer 12

Recurring object concept or symbol

Question 13

Assonance

Answer 13

Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 14

Imagery

Answer 14

Simile metaphor personification

Question 15

Oxymoron

Answer 15

Adjective and noun with opposed meaning

Question 16

Semantic field

Answer 16

words belonging to a particular topic

Question 17

Caesura

Answer 17

Strong pause

Question 18

Irony

Answer 18

Meaning one thing and saying another