POETRY REVIEW
Gianna Bauer
SOUND DEVICES
The
techniques
that poets use
to make
sound.
Alliteration
The repetition of
vowel sounds at the
beginning of words.
• Example- Don't
forget to do the
dirty dishes after
our delicious
dinner.
Assonance
The relatively close
repetition or pattern of vowel
sounds anywhere in the
word.
HINTThink of it as this –the
beginning of ASSONANCE is
the vowel A, and assonance
is the repetition of vowel
sounds.
Consonance
The repetition of
consonant sounds
anywhere in the
word.
Hint- Consonance
starts with a
consonant, C.
ONOMATOPOEIA
A word with a
sound that
suggests its
meaning; words
that mimic a
sound.
REPETITION
Words, phrases, or
lines that are
repeated within a
poem.
Hint- In the word
repetition, the T and
the I are repeated
twice.
END RHYME
Rhyming
that occurs at the
end of two or
more lines.
EYE RHYME
Words that
look like they will
rhyme but they
DON'T
NEAR/HALF/SLANT RHYME
Words that sound
similar but don't
rhyme exactly.
Hint- think of it as
the word near. It is
saying it is near
rhyming, but it does
not rhyme perfectly.
INTERNAL RHYME
Occurs
when two or
more words
rhyme within
the same line.
FREE VERSE
Lines that do
not rhyme and
closely follows
the natural
rhythms of
speech.
END STOP
A poetic line
that ends with
any
punctuation.
ENJAMBMENT
When a
sentence of
poetry has no
punctuation but
spills over to the
next line.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
A creative way to
say some thing that
is different from the
literal meaning of
the words.
PERSONIFICATION
When you give human- like
qualities and characteristics
to something non-human.
HINTWhen you think of
personification think of it like
you’re "personifying" an
object, making it sound more
human.
SIMILE
A figure of
speech that
compares two
thing using like
or as.
METAPHOR
A comparison of
two things
WITHOUT using like
or as
IMAGERY
Visually
descriptive or
figurative
language,
especially in a
literary work.
(5 Senses)
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