Poetic Devices

repititon of the same beginning sound

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• onomatopoiea

the repitition of the same vowel sould

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

Repitition of consonant sounds that can be placed anywhere in the word

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

words that imitate the sound they make

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

same final syllable sound

ex: cloud, crowd, shroud

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

• partial rhyme

• complete rhyme

final syllable sounds almost rhyme

ex: round, brown

• partial rhyme

• complete rhyme

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

rhymes at the end of lines

ex. when I go out I wear a hat

yes it's true I am the cat

• assonance

• rhyme tyme

• partial rhyme

• end rhyme

rhymes within the same line

ex. In the fog, I like to jog

• external rhyme

• internal rhyme

• consonance

• alliteration

1st and 4th lines rhyme; 2nd and 3rd lines rhyme

ABBA

• enclosed rhyme

• open rhyme

• happy rhyme

• sad rhyme

consecutive lines, stanzas, or the entire poem that has the same end rhyme

• nursery rhyme

• triplet

• octave

• monorhyme