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Poetic Devices Vocabulary
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1. Alliteration Repeats consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Example: Sara saw some friends who sold sodas. Tom tickled his tough tummy. Joan jetted to New Jersey. Mary made maple marshmallows.
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2. Repetition Repeats words or phrases over and over. Example:
“A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed.”
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3. Rhyme repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs. Example: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King’s horses, And all the King’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again!
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4. Rhyme Scheme How to count rhyming lines in a poem Example:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall (A) Humpty Dumpty had a great fall (A) All the King’s horses, And all the King’s men (B) Couldn’t put Humpty together again! (B) Rhyme Scheme is AABB
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5. Rhythm Long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables; shows a beat or accent on parts of the poem Example: T'was the night (stress) before Christmas and all (stress) through the house. Not a creature (stress) was stirring not even (stress) a mouse.
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6. Stanza a fixed number of lines in a poem forming a paragraph
Example: Stanza 1 Earth, we should all pay respect, All of this can make an affect, So appreciate and keep clean, The way you want it to be seen Stanza 2 So don’t litter, It will make the world bitter, So you can save light, To make the world a sight! Stanza 3 Don’t drive a car, Other transportation can bring you far, So appreciate this day, And the Earth won’t decay!
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7. Line One line in a stanza Example:
Line 1 Earth, we should all pay respect, Line 2 All of this can make an affect, Line 3 So appreciate and keep clean, Line 4 The way you want it to be seen
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8. Mood Feeling/atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader; can be created through setting Example: There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago
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9. Tone The writer’s attitude/viewpoint toward his or her subject
Example: I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
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