Poetry Literary Devices Review

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Meter

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A rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated.

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Tone

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The attitude or mood the author creates.

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Metaphor

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A comparison of two different things that does not use 'like' or 'as'.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words.

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Repetition

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To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem.

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Simile

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A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Imagery

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Language that creates a picture in the reader's mind.

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Personification

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Giving human traits to non-human things.

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Rhyme

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The pattern of sounds at the end of lines in poetry.

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Stanza

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A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains.