Poetic Devices

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A poetic device where a word imitates the sound it represents, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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What is personification?

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A poetic device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things, like 'the wind whispered'.

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What is hyperbole?

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An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect, such as 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.'

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words, like 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'

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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', such as 'as brave as a lion'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as', such as 'time is a thief'.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates vivid pictures in the reader's mind.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem, often described using letters to represent sounds.

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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 couplet?

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A pair of consecutive lines in a poem that usually rhyme and have the same meter.