Poetic Devices

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What is imagery?

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The use of concrete details to describe what the reader should see, hear, touch, smell, taste.

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What is consonance?

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Repeating consonant sounds in poetry near the middle or end of words.

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What is rhyme?

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The repetition of similar sounds, typically at the end of lines in poetry.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series 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 metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things.

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What is simile?

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

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract concepts.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Words that imitate the natural sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.