Poetry and Literary Devices Flashcard

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Imaginary voice in poetry?

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The character who tells the poem

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Figure of speech using 'like' or 'as' to compare unlike ideas?

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Simile

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Figure of speech describing one thing as another.

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Metaphor

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Figure of speech using exaggeration for effect.

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Hyperbole

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Use of symbols to signify ideas with meanings beyond the literal sense.

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Symbolism

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Regular rhyming pattern in a poem?

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AABBA

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Words that imitate sounds?

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Onomatopoeia

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds?

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Alliteration

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Formal division of lines in a poem?

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Stanza

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Writing or speech not meant literally?

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Figurative Language