Poetic Devices and Techniques Review

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What is the pattern of rhymes in a poem called?

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Rhyme Scheme

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What is a theme?

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The lesson or moral of the story (narrative).

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes.

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What is consonance?

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The repetition of consonant sounds in poetry.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence 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 a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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

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What is a stanza?

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas.

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What is a refrain?

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A repeated line or group of lines in a poem, often at the end of a stanza.