Slater English 9 Poetic Devices Pre-Quiz
Matching: Match the below poetic devices with their definition. Write each word’s
corresponding letter next each word.
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Style
Tone
Mood
Imagery
Assonance
Theme
Metaphor
Simile
Symbol
Personification
Free verse
Alliteration
Prose
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme Scheme
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b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)
n)
o)
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable
in a line of verse.
A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of
different kinds.
The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants.
The feeling a text arouses in a reader.
The use of words to create a sensory “Picture” in the reader’s mind.
The ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical
structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
The overall feeling, or effect, created by a writer’s use of words.
The pattern followed by the end sounds of lines of verse.
How the author uses words, phrases, and sentences to form his or her
ideas.
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
A person, place, thing, or idea used to represent something else.
A comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison is
used.
The use of a word in which the sound of the word suggests its
meaning.
A literary device in which an animal or thing is given human
characteristics.
The statement about life that a writer is trying to get across in a piece
of writing.
Slater English Poetic Devices Pre-Quiz
Matching: Match the below poetic devices with their definition. Write each word’s
corresponding letter next each word.
1) Style How the author uses words, phrases, and sentences to form his or her ideas.
2) Tone The overall feeling, or effect, created by a writer’s use of words.
3) Mood The feeling a text arouses in a reader.
4) Imagery The use of words to create a sensory “Picture” in the reader’s mind.
5) Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants.
6) Theme The statement about life that a writer is trying to get across in a piece
of writing.
7) Metaphor A comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison
is used.
8) Simile A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of
different kinds.
9) Symbol A person, place, thing, or idea used to represent something else.
10) Personification A literary device in which an animal or thing is given human
characteristics.
11) Free verse Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
12) Alliteration Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed
syllable in a line of verse.
13) Prose The ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical
structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
14) Onomatopoeia The use of a word in which the sound of the word suggests its
meaning.
15) Rhyme Scheme The pattern followed by the end sounds of lines of verse.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)
n)
o)
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable
in a line of verse.
A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of
different kinds.
The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants.
The feeling a text arouses in a reader.
The use of words to create a sensory “Picture” in the reader’s mind.
The ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical
structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
The overall feeling, or effect, created by a writer’s use of words.
The pattern followed by the end sounds of lines of verse.
How the author uses words, phrases, and sentences to form his or her
ideas.
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
A person, place, thing, or idea used to represent something else.
A comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison is
used.
The use of a word in which the sound of the word suggests its
meaning.
A literary device in which an animal or thing is given human
characteristics.
The statement about life that a writer is trying to get across in a piece
of writing.