3S Poetic Devices

Giving an inanimate object human qualities. e.g. The leaves danced

• enjambment

• onomatopoeia

• similie

• personification

A word which sounds like the word it is describing e.g. snarl, plop, bang

• Similie

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Sibilance

Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• Rhyme scheme

• Juxtaposition

• Alliteration

• Consonance

The repetition of initial stressed, consonant sounds in a series of words within a phrase or verse line. e.g. fresh flowers flourish fully

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Personification

Assonance

• The buzzing bee flew by

• The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain

• The wind whispered through the willows

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

• Enjambment

• Allusion

• Sibilance

• Consonance

Language in a poem representing a sensory experience, including visual, auditory, touch, taste, and smell. Uses vivid and figurative language to engage the senses and depict an object, person, scene, or feeling

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Sonnet

• Imagery

Please give an example of Sibilance