Sound Devices 1
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is rhyme?
The pattern of stressed (/) and unstressed (~) syllables in each line
What is rhythm?
A comparison of two unlike things using the word like or as
What is a simile?
It what a poem has instead of sentences.
What are lines?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
The repetition of vowel sounds in words that don’t end with the same consonant
What is assonance?
A description of an object, animal, or idea as if it has human qualities and emotions
What is personification?
It is a group of lines.
What is a stanza?
The pattern that the end-rhyming words follow
What is rhyme scheme?
A regular pattern of rhythm in a poem
What is meter?
A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as
What is metaphor?
It is what a poem has instead of narrator.
What is a speaker/voice?
The repetition of consonants within words within a line or lines
What is consonance?
The same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses or sentences
What is anaphora?
Words or phrases that appeal to the senses.
What is imagery?
A poem with a specific number of lines and stanzas, a regular pattern of rhyme and rhythm, and which sticks to conventions.
What is a traditional poem?
The repetition of the last word or phrase at the end of several clauses, sentences or verses
What is epistrophe?
When there are 5 iambs ( ~ / ) in a line
What is iambic pentameter?
The use of over-exaggeration to create emphasis or humor
What is hyperbole?
Words arranged in order to convey meaning through imagery and sound.
What is a poem?