Alliteration

Poetry and Literary Devices

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9th Grade
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Yvette Garcia
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The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words. Example: She sells seashells down by the seashore.
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Assonance
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The repetition of vowel sounds in words. Example: The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plains.
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Blank Verse
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Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter. Example 1: 'But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?' Example 2: 'It is the east. And Juliet is the sun!' [William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet]
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Consonance
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The repetition of consonant sounds. Example: She gave the big dog a hug.
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Couplet
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A pair of lines in poetry of a similar length that rhyme. Example: 'Tell me if you think you know / How to make a turtle go.' [Charles Ghinga, Turtle Trouble]
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Free Verse
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A poem that does not have a regular rhythm or rhyme.
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Haiku
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A form of Japanese poetry that has three lines: the first line has five syllables, the second has seven syllables, and the third has five syllables. Example: 'Behind me the moon / Brushes shadows of pine trees / Lightly on the floor.' [Kikaku]
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