Poetic Devices
What makes a poem different than a piece of prose?
Line Break
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Alliteration
These marks " " indicate
Dialogue
She was pouting like a kicked puppy.
Simile
A sonnet has how many lines?
14
When a poetic line ends but a sentence does not
Enjambment
Joe is so silly. Joe is so mean. Joe is just about to be fourteen.
Anaphora
The use of "I" or "you" or "they" indicates the
Hyperbole
Sonnets are often about
Life / Death / big emotions
Every poem is an
Extended Metaphor
The coffee shop sign says "I like you a latte"
Word Play
Moments in the text that describe in detail setting, situation, etc... without dialogue are using
Exposition
The tree swayed like a graceful ballerina
Personification
If a sonnet is titled "Sonnet ###" it was likely written by
William Shakespeare
Rhyming that happens within the line
Internal Rhyme
"My neighbor is a real Scrooge"
Allusion
The paragraph equivalent of a poem is called a
Stanza
The audience knows Stevens' father has died upstairs, but Stevens doesn't
Volta
Measurement of the pacing in poems
Meter
a gleaming skyscraper next to a crumbling historic building is an example of
Juxtaposition
A semi-colon indicates
the end of a thought and beginning of a related one but not the end of a sentence
The Remains of the Day's narrative structure is 80% this device, moving through time
Flashback
How do you label the alternating end rhyme in poems?
ABCD...