Poetry Literary Devices Review

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Rhyme Scheme

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The pattern of rhymes in a poem.

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Rhyme

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Words that end in the same sound, also known as end rhyme.

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that imitate sounds.

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Tone

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The attitude or mood the author creates in a poem.

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Simile

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A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Metaphor

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A comparison of two different things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that creates a picture in the reader's mind.

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Personification

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Giving human qualities to non-human things.

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Stanza

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A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains.