Poetic Devices

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What is Alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words, often used to create rhythm or emphasis. Example: 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'

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What is Assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words, used to create internal rhyming and enhance the musical quality of poetry. Example: 'The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.'

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What is Personification?

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Personification is a poetic device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things or abstract ideas. Example: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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What is a Simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as.' Example: 'He is as brave as a lion.'

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What is a Metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.' Example: 'Time is a thief.'

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a poetic device where a word imitates the sound it represents. Example: 'buzz,' 'hiss,' or 'clang.'

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What is a Rhyme?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines in poetry, often used to create a musical effect. Example: 'cat' and 'hat.'

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What is a Stanza?

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A stanza is a grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is Imagery?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses, creating vivid mental pictures for the reader. Example: 'The golden sun set behind the purple mountains.'

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What is Hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect. Example: 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.'