1. POETRY SOUND DEVICES

2. Sound Devices enhance a poem’s mood and meaning. Sound Devices enhance a poem’s mood and meaning.

3. Alliteration Repetition of CONSONATE sounds at the beginning of words Repetition of CONSONATE sounds at the beginning of words Like tongue twisters: Like tongue twisters: Slippery slope Slippery slope Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers Turn to page 582 Turn to page 582

4. Repetition Use of any element of language– a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence– more than once. Use of any element of language– a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence– more than once. Turn to page 591 Turn to page 591

5. Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables Repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables Blade, maze Blade, maze

6. Consonance Repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ENDS of accented syllables Repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ENDS of accented syllables Wind, sand Wind, sand

7. Onomatopoeia Use of words that imitate sounds Use of words that imitate sounds Crash Crash Bang Bang Hiss Hiss Turn to page 590 Turn to page 590

8. Rhyme Repetition of sounds at the ends of words Repetition of sounds at the ends of words Speech, teach Speech, teach Turn to page 608 Turn to page 608

9. Meter A poem’s rhythmical pattern in a poem A poem’s rhythmical pattern in a poem Measured in feet or single units of stressed and unstressed syllables Measured in feet or single units of stressed and unstressed syllables Turn to page 606 Turn to page 606

10. Rhythm Poem’s pattern of stressed (`) and unstressed (U) syllables Poem’s pattern of stressed (`) and unstressed (U) syllables Turn to page 598 Turn to page 598