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Poetic Terms/Devices
Poetic Terms & Devices - 6th Grade
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| a grouping of lines, separated by a space | STANZA |
| a pattern of rhyming words or sounds- Use the lowercase letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually “see” the pattern. Show a new stanza by inserting a comma | RHYME SCHEME |
| A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line | END RHYME |
| A word inside a line that rhymes with another word on the same line | INTERNAL RHYME |
| Also known as imperfect or “close enough” rhyme. The words share EITHER the same vowel or consonant sound BUT NOT BOTH | NEAR RHYME |
| used to make the literature more interesting by using words and expressions that have more than just a literal meaning. | FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE |
| Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words | ALLITERATION |
| A reference to someone or something famous, used to stimulate ideas, associations, and extra information in a reader’s mind with only a word or two | ALLUSION |
| Comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as” | SIMILE |
| Comparison of two unlike things where one word is used to designate the other (one is the other) | METAPHOR |
| Continues the comparison for several lines or possibly the entire length of a work | EXTENDED METAPHOR |
| Language that provides a sensory experience using sight, sound, smell, touch, taste, or the five senses. | IMAGERY |
| An intentional exaggeration or overstatement, often used for emphasis | HYPERBOLE |
| Words that imitate the sound that they are naming | ONOMATOPOEIA |
| Combines two usually opposite terms in a short paradox (contradictory phrase), as in the word bittersweet or the phrase living death | OXYMORON |
| A nonliving thing or animal is given human or life-like qualities | PERSONIFICATION |
| The use of a word or object which represents a deeper meaning than the words themselves It can be a material object or a written sign used to represent something invisible | SYMBOLISM |
| the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression. It means something other than what it actually says. | IDIOM |
| repeating of a word or phrase, within a sentence or a poetical line, in order to emphasize. | REPETITION |
| a play on words, for the purpose of humor, using a word that suggests two or more meanings or by exploiting similar sounding words having different meanings | PUN |
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JHoertel
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