Poetic Devices
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Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Allusion
A reference to a well-known person
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Analogy
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
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Assonance
Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
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Consonance
Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
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Diction
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
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Enjambment
the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line
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Ethos
Ethical appeal
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Haiku
3 unrhymed lines (5
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Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
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Imagery
Description that appeals to the senses (sight
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Irony
A contrast between expectation and reality
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Logos
Appeal to logic
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Metaphor
comparison not using like or as
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Trochaic Meter
a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
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Ode
a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject
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Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
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Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
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Pathos
Appeal to emotion
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Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings
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Repetition
Repeated use of sounds
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Rhyme Scheme
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse. EX: ABAB
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Simile
A comparison using "like" or "as"
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Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
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Stanza
A group of lines in a poem
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Symbolism
A device in literature where an object represents an idea.
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Theme
Central idea of a work of literature
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