Exercise
Personification and Sound Devices (Alliteration, Onomatopoeia)
Investigate how poets use personification, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. Compare how sound devices and non-human traits add texture and vividness to poetry.
Questions
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What is personification?
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Which choice is an example of personification?
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Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects is ____ while repeating initial consonants is ____
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What is alliteration?
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What is onomatopoeia?
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Which set of words contains onomatopoeia?
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Words like 'buzz' and 'crash' demonstrate ____ by imitating real ____ effects.
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What is assonance?
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What is sibilance in poetic sound devices?
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What effect does sibilance ('the silken sad uncertain rustle') have on atmosphere?
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Why do poets personify natural elements like the sea or sun?
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Poets use ____ with 's' sounds to evoke a ____ or whispering mood.
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Which sound device best mimics aggressive or stormy action?
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When comparing sound devices in two poems about storms, what contrast can be drawn?
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What is the best technique to analyze sound devices in comparative poetry?