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Alliteration It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series. An important point to remember here is that alliteration does not depend on letters but on sounds. So the phrase not knotty is alliterative, but cigarette chase is not. It creates a musical effect in the text that enhances the pleasure of reading a literary piece.

Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes; A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.” This is an example of alliteration with the “f” and “l.” in words “forth, fatal, foes” and “loins, lovers, and life”.

Create 2 sentences using alliteration with your first and last name initials. EXAMPLE: Karen kept kangaroo figurines in her kindergarten class. Mike made meatballs for dinner last Monday.

Onomatopoeia a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.

Examples The buzzing bee flew away. The sack fell into the river with a splash. The books fell on the table with a loud thump. He looked at the roaring The rustling leaves kept me awake.

Internal Rhyme: Internal rhyme is a poetic device that can be defined as metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhyme with one another. It is also called “middle rhyme,” since it comes in the middle of lines.

Same Line: Rhyme in the same line comes when the words rhyme in a single line. For example: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary Separate Line: Rhyme in separate lines comes when two or more words rhyme in the middle of the separate lines. For example: “While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.” End of, and Middle of Line: Rhyme of the words at the end of lines and words in the middle of the lines come when the words at the end of lines rhyme with the words in the middle of the next lines.

Personification: Personification is a figurative language technique where an object or idea is given human characteristics or qualities.  In other words, using our language, we make an object or idea do something that usually is only done by people.

Justice is blind and, at times, deaf. Money is the only friend that I can count on. The cactus saluted any visitor brave enough to travel the scorched land. Jan ate the hotdog despite the arguments it posed to her digestive system.

"Quoth the raven, "Nevermore. " "Quoth the raven, "Nevermore." . . . But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.“ Ravens do not speak nor do they have souls.

Quiz 20 multiple choice questions Questions about the poem Questions on literary elements