Poetic Devices 1 | Poetic Devices | General Knowledge | Poetic Devices 2 | Types of poems |
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Simile
She was as happy as a clam!
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alliteration
The cat curled carefully on the carpet
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The choice of words in writing.
Explain what "diction" is.
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Simile
Her eyes were like the sun
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Haiku
An old silent pond
A frog jumps into the pond— Splash! Silence again. |
assonance
Go slow over the road
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Onomatopoeia
BANG!
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Ellipses
The three dots at the end of a sentence (...) are known as?
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Personification
The trees waved in the wind.
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Limerick
A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill holds more than his belican. He can take in his beak, Enough food for a week, But I'm damned if I see how the helican. |
Personification
The flowers begged for water.
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Refrain/Chorus
The repeating of a sentence/stanza a few times throughout a poem
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Sarah asked whether any of them were going to the party the following day.
Change this correctly to indirect speech:
Sarah asked, "Are any of you going to the party tomorrow?" |
Metaphor
His eyes were ice as they stared at his enemy.
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Sonnet
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. |
Pun
A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat.
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Malapropism
"Dad says the monster is just a pigment of my imagination"
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Orson Scott Card
The Author of Ender's Game
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Irony
"Yesterday the fire station burned down."
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Cinquain
"Watermelon
Juicy, sweet Dripping, slurping, smacking So messy to eat Yummy" |
Hyperbole
"This bag weighs a ton!"
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Iambic Pentameter
Shakespeare wrote all of his plays and sonnets with this syllable and line rhythm structure.
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Noun: Fright
Adjective: frightful Adverb: frightfully
Frighten (verb): change to a noun, adverb and adjective.
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Oxymoron
"Deafening Silence"
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Acrostic
Sunny days
Plants awakening Raindrops on the roof Interesting clouds New flowers Gray skies |