Poetic Devices Review

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds

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alliteration

Front

Words or phrases that paint a picture in the reader's mind

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imagery

Front

extreme exaggeration

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hyperbole

Front

Compare 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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simile

Front

To compare 2 unlike things without using like or as

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metaphor

Front

to give an inanimate object human-like traits

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personification

Front

Words that sound like what they mean

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onomatopoiea

Front

a group of lines in a poem

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stanza

Front

Do all poems need to rhyme to be considered a poem?

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False

Front

When words end with the same sound

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Rhyming