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2. Definitions - $100
This is a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
Simile

3. Definitions - $200 This is a word that sounds like its meaning.
Onomatopoeia

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This is a comparison of two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
Metaphor

5. Definitions - $400 This poetic term uses repeated vowel sounds.
Assonance

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This poetic term refers to persons, places and things from history or previous literature.
Allusion

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Shel Silverstein’s poem “Noise Day” contains a lot of onomatopoeia. Give an example of this poetic device.
Roar, bang, click, etc.

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William Wordsworth describes golden daffodils that are “fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” What poetic device does he use here? (more than one correct answer)
Imagery OR personification

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“Love is like a red, red rose” writes Robert Burns. What sound device is he using in this line?
Alliteration or repetition

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“From the molten-golden notes” in Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Bells” contains this poetic device.
Assonance

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The lines “Little lamb, I’ll tell thee! Little lamb, I’ll tell thee!” from William Wordsworth’s poem is an example of this poetic device.
Repetition

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William Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” has this poetic device in its title.
Simile

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“The wind slapped me in the face” is an example of this poetic device.
Personification

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In Shane Koyczan’s poem, he mentions the story of a boy who took “a tidal wave of antidepressants.” What poetic device is used in this line?
Hyperbole

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“All that we see or seem/ Is but a dream within a dream” writes Edgar Allan Poe in his poem “A Dream Within a Dream.” What poetic device is used here?
Metaphor

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Emily Pauline Johnson’s “At Husking Time” mentions “plenty’s horn.” This is an example of what poetic device?
Allusion

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A poem, unlike prose, does not have sentences. Instead, it has…
Lines

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A “section” of a poem, much like a paragraph for prose, is called a…
Stanza

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A stanza of four lines is called a…
Quatrain

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In this poem, it is hard to separate the form from the content. What is this poem called?
Concrete poem

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This is a Japanese poem that has 31 syllables.
Tanka

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The saying “Love is blind” is overused – and therefore, we can call it a…
Cliché

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Nouns like honour, honesty, love or pain cannot be physically touched or seen. These are examples of…
Abstract nouns

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Poetry that has strict rules to follow in terms of syllables and rhythm is called…
Formula poetry

25. 5 - $400 A limerick “There once was a lady named Lynn
Who was so uncommonly thin,
that when she assayed
to drink lemonade
she slipped through the straw and fell in!”
This formula poem is an example of…
A limerick

26. 5 - $500 A A B B “I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand”
What is the rhyme scheme?
A A B B

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