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Poetic Devices

Poetic Devices. Notes. alliteration. the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a word. In the example, ‘The g reat g houlish g host was g rinning,’ the ‘g’ sound is repeated at the beginning of several words in the sentence. . alliteration.

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Poetic Devices

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  1. Poetic Devices Notes

  2. alliteration the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a word. In the example, ‘The great ghoulish ghost was grinning,’ the ‘g’ sound is repeated at the beginning of several words in the sentence.

  3. alliteration Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before “The Raven” Edgar Allan Poe

  4. repetition the repeating of a sound, syllable, word, phrase, line, or stanza, or pattern.

  5. rhyme the identity or close similarity of sounds between accented syllables. Poems that use rhyme also use a rhyme scheme, a pattern in which rhyming sounds are organized.

  6. rhyme Last night, while I lay thinking here, (A) some Whatifs crawled inside my ear (A) and pranced and partied all night long (B) and sang their same old Whatifsong (B) Whatif I'm dumb in school? (C) Whatif they've closed the swimming pool? (C) “Whatif” Shel Silverstein

  7. rhythm the pattern of sounds made by varying the stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

  8. mood the emotions you feel when reading a poem or text.

  9. tone the attitude of the speaker towards the subject of the poem

  10. simile a comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as.’ For example, ‘the snow was like a blanket covering the earth.’ In this simile, the snow is being compared to a blanket.

  11. metaphor a figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common.

  12. imagery the use of figurative or vividlanguage to represent objects, actions, or ideas that causes the formation of mentalimages for the reader.

  13. hyperbole obvious and intentional exaggeration used for emphasis.

  14. hyperbole “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout” by Shel Silverstein At last the garbage reached so high That it finally touched the sky. And all the neighbors moved away, And none of her friends would come to play. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvNhhEtUGJY

  15. symbolism the use of a symbol in literature used to represent another idea or thought. For example, the season of Spring is often used to represent the idea of rebirth.

  16. onomatopoeia the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. For example, ‘boom’ is the sound that an explosion might create, or ‘buzz’ is the sound you may associate with a bee.

  17. onomatopoeia Dot a dot dot dot a dot dot 
Spotting the windowpane. 

Spack a spack speck flick a flack fleck 
Freckling the windowpane. 

A spatter a scatter a wet cat a clatter 
A splatter a rumble outside. “Weather” Eve Merriam

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