Flashcards: Poetic Devices #1
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Created by:
mistergeorge 
on December 18, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words ex. Timmy Tipped over the Turtle Tank |
| Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words ex. every sound that flOAts from the rust within their thrOAts is a grOAn. |
| Consonance | repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words ex. , as in blanK and thinK or stroNG and striNG or saND, wiND, eND |
| Onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they mean ex. Thwap! Smack! Bang! |
| Rhyme | The rhyming of words that appear at the ends of two or more lines of poetry ex. fair river! in thy bright, clear FLOW thou art an emblem of the GLOW |
| Metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as. ex. The cloud was a ball of cotton. |
| Simile | a comparison of two unlike things using like or as ex. The cload was like a ball of cotton |
| Free Verse | Poetry that does not have a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme |