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1 by Your first and last names
Characteristics of Poetry Sound Devices techniques used by writers to give musical effects to their writing by Your first and last names

2 METER The rhythmical pattern in a poem.

3 Repetition a sound device – uses any element of language more than once A sound A word A phrase or clause A sentence

4 ALLITERATION A sound device – the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. Ex. Slippery slope

5 VOWELS: A E I O U ASSONANCE
A sound device – the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables. Ex. blade and maze (the same vowel sound on the inside) VOWELS: A E I O U

6 CONSONANCE A sound device
The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables. Ex. wind and sand

7 ONOMATOPOEIA A sound device The use of words that imitate sounds
Ex. boom, hiss, crash, bang

8 RHYME A sound device The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Ex. speech and teach

9 by Your first and last names
Characteristics of Poetry Figurative Language* and Imagery *writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally by Your first and last names

10 SYMBOL Anything that represents something else.
Ex. A dove is a symbol for peace.

11 Personification A type of figurative language that gives human characteristics to something that is not human. Ex. The alarm clock screamed at me to get up.

12 METAPHOR A type of figurative language that describes one thing as if it were something else. Comparison on two unlike nouns. Uses a being verb. Ex. The house was a zoo this morning.

13 SIMILE A type of figurative language that uses like or as to compare two unlike nouns. A S Ex. My hand is as red as a tomato. I Our teacher sings like a bird. M I L IKE E

14 Imagery Sensory language is writing that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses. Imagery is the use of words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the 5 senses. The author is trying to create a __________ in the reader’s mind.

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