Poetic Devices Flashcard 1

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What is blank verse?

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Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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The use of words to create visual and sensory experiences.

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What is personification?

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Assigning human characteristics to non-human entities.

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What is cacophony in poetry?

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A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

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What is internal rhyme?

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A rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is metaphor?

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A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is assonance?

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The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates the sound it describes.