Poetic Devices

Question 1

Rhythm

Answer 1

Internal “feel” of beat and metre perceived when poetry is read aloud

Question 2

Paradox

Answer 2

Seeming contradiction that surprises by its pithiness/shortness

Question 3

Pun

Answer 3

Is a play on words, where one word/phrase has more than one meaning

Question 4

Simile

Answer 4

A comparison using “as” or “like”

Question 5

Oxymoron

Answer 5

A seeming contradiction in two words put together

Question 6

Tone/mood

Answer 6

Feelings or meanings conveyed in the poem

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

A comparison not using as or like when one thing is said to be another

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Attribution of human behaviours to impersonal agencies

Question 9

Rhyme

Answer 9

Repetition of same sound

Question 10

Alliteration

Answer 10

The deliberate repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning

Question 11

Apostrophe

Answer 11

Speaking directly to a real or imagined listener or inanimate object, addressing that person or thing by name

Question 12

Repetition

Answer 12

Repetition of key word or idea for effect

Question 13

Hyperbole

Answer 13

Exaggeration for dramatic effect

Question 14

Onomatopoeia

Answer 14

Sound echoing sense, use of words resembling the sounds they mean

Question 15

Imagery

Answer 15

The way the author uses descriptive words to create an image for the reader
Usually the words used appeal to one or more of our 5 senses
It uses mental pictures to understand the hidden idea within the text
Each reader will likely have a different image