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Literary Devices “The Raven” and “The Bells” “The Raven” and “The Bells”
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Alliteration The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together. Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together. Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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Assonance The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words close together. Example: The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words close together. Example: The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls
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Onomatopoeia The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. Example: hum, buzz, zap, pow The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. Example: hum, buzz, zap, pow
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Allusion A reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or some other branch of culture. Often Biblical or mythological in Poe’s writing. A reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or some other branch of culture. Often Biblical or mythological in Poe’s writing.
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Personification A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
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Imagery The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete depiction of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience. Example: The blue glaze of twilight covered the landscape. The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete depiction of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience. Example: The blue glaze of twilight covered the landscape.
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Simile A figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles. Example: “Love is like a red, red rose.” A figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles. Example: “Love is like a red, red rose.”
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Metaphor A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles. Example: Fame is a bee. It has a song-- It has a sting-- Ah, too, it has a wing. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles. Example: Fame is a bee. It has a song-- It has a sting-- Ah, too, it has a wing.
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