Poetic Devices
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds, either in consecutive words, or in the first word of each line. |
| Assonance | The repetition of a vowel sound in the words of a poem |
| Imagery | Mental pictures created by the words of the poem. |
| Meter | The measured arrangement of words in poems |
| Onomatopoeia | Using words which imitate the sound they refer to |
| Personification | Endowing animals, objects or ideas with human traits or abilities |
| Rhyme | Identical or similar ending sounds between two words or lines |
| Stanza | One of the divisions of a poem; a grouping of two or more lines. |
| Simile | A comparison of objects using "like", "as", or "than" or similar words |
| Repetition | Repeating of words, phrases, lines, sounds, or stanzas |
| Metaphor | Implicit comparison, by using a word normally used for one thing, to designate another |
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