Poetry

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repeated sound of the first consonant in a series of multiple words. E.g. Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper.

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

Repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming. E.g. The rain in Spain falling on my window paine.

Question 3

Consonance

Answer 3

Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession. E.g. Pitter Patter

Question 4

Repetition

Answer 4

Literary device that repeats the same word or phrases to make ideas clearer. E.g. Just Because

Question 5

Cinquain

Answer 5

Cinquain is a five line poem that follows a pattern. Cinquains don’t rhyme.

Question 6

Limerick

Answer 6

Five line poem that is rhyming

Question 7

Rhyme

Answer 7

Words that have the same sound at the end e.g. Cat and bat