Poetic Devices Quiz

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Across
  1. 3. Repeated consonant sounds at the end of words
  2. 5. "He has a heart of gold"
  3. 8. Repeating words or phrases for emphasis
  4. 10. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
  5. 11. "Boom, Bam, Zap, Pop"
  6. 14. The pattern of similar sounding words used at the end of a verse
  7. 15. "The golden sun warmed my face"
  8. 17. Implies the opposite of what is said
  9. 18. The poet's attitude toward the subject
  10. 20. Placing opposites together "Jumbo shrimp"
Down
  1. 1. Gross exaggeration for effect
  2. 2. "The wind whispered through the trees"
  3. 4. When a line continues without punctuation
  4. 6. Developing a single complex comparison over multiple lines
  5. 7. Repeated vowel sounds near each other
  6. 9. The central idea or message of a literary work
  7. 12. A reference to a person or event in history
  8. 13. "Her smile was like sunshine"
  9. 16. When an object represents a bigger idea
  10. 19. How the poem makes the reader feel