Imagery
Sound Devices
sound devices
100
A mental picture created by a piece of writing
What is imagery?
100
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle, crash, bang ).
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. This repetition often takes place in quick succession such as in pitter, patter.
What is consonance?
200
These are all examples: “The white microwave…” “The bird shot by in a flash…” “The clouds grew dark and lowered ominously.”
What is visual imagery?
200
Repeating words or phrases to bring attention to an idea. “A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed.”
What is repetition?
200
What is Alliteration? Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of each or most of the words in a sentence. The easiest way to use alliteration would be to repeat the starting letter of the words. Squawking seagulls swoop on sunbathers. The wild winds whisk to the west. Zany zebras zigzagged through the zoo.
What is alliteration?
300
“She screamed shrilly…” “The sharp report of a single rifle shattered the calm…” “The buzz of a rattlesnake’s tail stopped her in her tracks.”
What is auditory imagery?
300

Stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem.

What is rhythm?

300
Repetition uses the same word(ex. run-run)

Rhyme uses different words with the same ending sound.

What is the difference between rhyme and repetition?

400
“He chewed the bitter root determinedly…” “The child swirled the warm, syrupy soda in his mouth…” “The pizza’s sharp garlic punched his tongue in the nose…”
What is taste gustatory imagery?
400
a tool utilizing repeating patterns that brings rhythm or musicality in poems which differentiate them from prose which is plain. Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full! One for the master, one for the dame, And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.
What is Rhyme?
400

Repetition

What sound device is this example?

Stay, stay, stay; It will just make you cry

500

“My father’s rough hands…” “The jagged edge of the old hatchet…” “As smooth as a pane of glass…”

What is touch or tactile imagery?

500
in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence ).
What is assonance?
500

Alliteration

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