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Poetic device Definitions

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What is alliteration? The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in successive words in a line of either poetry or prose.
What is a hyperbole? An exaggeration used to emphasize a point.
What is imagery? When words create a sensory experience using the five senses. The words paint a picture that appeals to your senses.
What is internal rhyme? Rhyme that occurs within the line of poetry.
What is a metaphor? A comparison of two unlike things by stating one thing is something else.
What is onomatopoeia? The use of words that imitate sound.
What is personification? A thing, animal, or an abstract term is given human characteristics or qualities.
What is a simile? A comparison of two things, connected by the words like or as.
What is a symbol? An object used to represent an idea or a feeling.
What is a rhyming couplet? A two line stanza in poetry, which tend to have lines of equal length and the last word in each line rhymes with the other line.
What is mood? The emotional quality of the poem. The feeling created by the poem. (HINT: Me-Mood)
What is tone? The writer's attitude toward his/her subject. It may be playful, happy, serious...
What is rhyme? The repetition of sounds at the end of words.
Identify the poetic device of the following. The crusty milk plopped into the glass. imagery
Identify the poetic device of the following. The wind whispered to the moon. personification
Identify the poetic device of the following. The American flag was raised through the rubble. symbol
Identify the poetic device of the following. It was many and many a year ago In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee -Edgar Allan Poe rhyme
Identify the poetic device of the following. Hear the rain, feel the pain internal rhyme
Identify the poetic device of the following. She was as quiet as a mouse. My love is like a seed. simile
Identify the poetic device of the following. Sweet Cecilia knew sad secrets. alliteration
Identify the poetic device of the following. My wife is so lazy She is also crazy rhyming couplet
Identify the poetic device of the following. Love is a flower metaphor
Identify the poetic device of the following. It might be happy or sad. It may make you feel confident or grateful. mood
Identify the poetic device of the following. I am so hungry, I could eat a horse! hyperbole
Identify the poetic device of the following. The bee buzzed around the beautiful pink flower. onomatopoeia
Identify the poetic device of the following. The trees seemed to snap and bite as I ran through the forest, they were on my heels! tone
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