Literary Elements/ Poetic Devices Definitions Flashcards

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Giving human qualities or actions to nonhuman things

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Exaggeration for effect

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A repetition of beginning sounds

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Occurs when the last syllables or words in two or more lines rhyme with each other

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Rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line

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A comparision using like or as

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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).

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A direct comparison that does not use like or as

Literary Elements/ Poetic Devices Definitions