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What are they? How are they used?
Sound Devices What are they? How are they used?
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Rhythm The pattern of accents (or stressed syllables) in a line of poetry Also known as the beat of the poem Examples: Roses are red, violets are blue… Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would not take the garbage out.
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Rhyme Words that end with the same sound END RHYME: INTERNAL RHYME:
When the rhyming words are found at the end of the lines INTERNAL RHYME: When the rhyming words are found within the same line
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Rhyme continued End rhyme examples: You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch
You really are a heel You’re as cuddly as a cactus You’re as charming as an eel You have termites in your smile You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile
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Rhyme continued Internal rhyme examples:
I'm six-foot-one and I'm tons of fun and I dress to a T You see, I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali and I dress so viciously
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Alliteration The repetition of the beginning consonant sound in two or more words Example: Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.
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Onomatopoeia The use of a word to describe a sound Examples: Boom!
Crash! Bang!
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Assonance The repetition of the same vowel sound within a line of poetry Example: I’m late, I’m late for an important date at eight How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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Consonance The repetition of the same consonant sound at the end of words in a line of poetry Example: Litter and batter Spelled and scald Laughed and deft Dress and boss Slither and lather
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Assignment Now, I’ll read “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout” out loud so you can hear what it sounds like As I read, underline examples of alliteration, assonance, consonance and rhyme (both internal and end).
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