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Learning Poetic Devices
Learning Poetic Devices
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Delve into the world of literary devices and enhance your understanding of writing techniques
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What does "convey" mean?
To repeat sounds
To communicate an idea
To imitate sound
To describe
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What is an adjective?
Repeated sound patterns
A group of lines in poetry
A word that describes a noun
Comparison of two dissimilar things
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What is a syllable?
Group of lines
A single sound unit or beat in a word
Repetition of sounds
Writer's word choice
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What is irony?
Contrast of expectation and reality
Repeated sound pattern
Group of lines
Direct comparison
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What is rhythm?
Unit of speech
Strong repeated pattern of sound
Descriptive language
Comparison of things
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What is personification?
Figurative language giving human traits to non-human things
Comparison using like
Repetition of sounds
Group of lines
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What is imagery?
Repetition of sounds
Descriptions appealing to the five senses
A group of lines
The writer's attitude
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What is a stanza?
Direct comparison
Comparison using like
A group of lines in a poem
Repeated sound pattern
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What is alliteration?
Comparison using 'like' or 'as'
A group of lines in a poem
A direct comparison
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
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What is a metaphor?
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Repetition of sounds
A group of lines
A direct comparison of two unlike things
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What is enjambment?
Repetition of sounds
Continuation of a thought from one line to the next in a poem
Comparison using like
Group of lines
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What is sibilance?
Direct comparison
Repetition of the hissing sounds at the beginnings of words
Group of lines
Repeated sound pattern
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What is diction?
Group of lines
Comparison of things
Writer's word choice
Repeated sound pattern
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What is theme?
Group of lines
Repetition of sounds
Comparison using like
The main message about life or people conveyed through literature
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What is a simile?
Repeated sound pattern
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Descriptive language
A direct comparison
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What is tone in writing?
Unit of speech
Sound imitation
Author's attitude
Repeated sound pattern
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What is onomatopoeia?
Word that imitates the sound it represents
Comparison using like
Group of poem lines
Repetition of sounds
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What is rhyme?
Writer's word choice
Repetition of the end sounds of words
Comparison of things
Group of lines
