9-2 Literary & Poetic Devices

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direct comparison between two dissimilar things

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metaphor

Front

to exaggerate for effect

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hyperbole

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repetition of same consonant sound WITHIN words in short succession

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consonance

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giving human traits to something not human

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personification

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comparison between two dissimilar things using like or as

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simile

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repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses

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anaphora

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a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis

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hyperbole

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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alliteration

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a pair of rhymed lines in a poem, usually of the same length

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couplet

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the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

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assonance