LITERARY DEVICE DEFINITIONS

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Rhyming that occurs WITHIN lines of poetry is called...

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Internal rhyme

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Which device do writers use to create images in the mind of the reader using language that appeals to the senses?

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Imagery

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What is a word which imitates the natural sounds of something?

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Onomatopoeia

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What is a repetition technique where consonant sounds are repeated at the end of lines, paragraphs, or stanzas?

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Epistrophe

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When an author uses symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense, the author is using...?

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Symbolism

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What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words?

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Alliteration

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What literary device gives human traits to non-human things?

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Personification

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What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

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What is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration for emphasis?

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Hyperbole

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What is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art?

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Allusion