REET Level 2 study notes
Unseen Poem - Figures of Speech
For REET Level 2 Language II English, unseen-poem preparation means identifying six devices in a fresh poem: alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification, assonance and rhyme. The safest method is to read the line, mark the exact clue, decide whether the clue is a meaning device or a sound device, and reject the closest distractor. Candidates should practise short, new lines rather than memorising one poem.
Key points
- RBSE asks identification of six poem devices, not memorisation of a fixed poem.
- Simile uses like or as; metaphor makes a direct comparison without that marker.
- Personification gives a human action or quality to a non-human thing.
- Alliteration repeats nearby initial consonant sounds, judged by sound.
- Assonance repeats vowel sounds; rhyme matches end sounds.
- A one-line clue-based justification prevents most MCQ traps.
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For REET Level 2 Language II English, unseen-poem preparation means identifying six devices in a fresh poem: alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification, assonance and rhyme. The safest method is to read the line, mark the exact clue, decide whether the clue is a meaning device or a sound device, and reject the closest distractor. Candidates should practise short, new lines rather than memorising one poem.