Poetic Devices and Elements

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Similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs (frog/log. OR sand/land)

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The musical quality, or beat, in a poem

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The repeating of sounds, words, or phrases in poetry

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Visually descriptive language used to create pictures in the reader's mind. The poet may use adjectives (describing words) that appeal to the five senses.

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A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another using 'like' or 'as'.

Julie is as fast as a cheetah.

The plane soared into the sky like an eagle.

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A figure of speech in which two things are compared without using "like" or "as"

Her eyes are sapphires.

The orange was a fireball.

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

The seagulls swooped towards the salty ocean.

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A word that sounds like the noise or action associated with it (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle, boom).

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Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman (a thing or animal).

The trees whispered in the dark.

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Personification

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A single row of words in a poem.

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