Poetry Literary Devices Review

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Alliteration

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Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words

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Imagery

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Creates a picture in the reader's mind

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Metaphor

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Comparison of two different things without using 'like' or 'as'

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Meter

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a rhythmic pattern in poetry

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Onomatopoeia

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Sound words

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Personification

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Giving non-human things human traits or actions.

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Repetition

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To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem.

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Rhyme

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Words that end in the same sound, end rhyme

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Rhyme Scheme

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The pattern of rhymes

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Rhythm

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The musical quality of a poem