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