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POETRY DEVICES. IMAGERY What is Imagery? Imagery is a vivid description of things seen, heard, tasted or touched.

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1 POETRY DEVICES

2 IMAGERY What is Imagery? Imagery is a vivid description of things seen, heard, tasted or touched.

3 STANZAS What are stanzas? Stanzas are the groups of lines in a poem.

4 REFRAIN What is a refrain? A refrain is a group of words repeated at key intervals in poetry. Ex: Purring, purring Quiet and still. Purring, purring Content from his fill.

5 RHYME SCHEME What is rhyme scheme? Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming lines. (ABAB, ABBA) Example: The people along the sand. (A) All turn and look one way. (B) They turn their back on the land. (A) They look at the sea all day. (B)

6 SOUND DEVICES Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. Ex: Twinkling twilight meets twice at the edge of the night. (Long “I”) Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds. Ex: Norm, the worm, took the garden by a storm. Onomatopoeia: Words denoting sounds. (buzz, swish, pop, crackle)

7 IDIOM What is an idiom? An idiom is an expression that has a different meaning from the literal meaning of its individual words. Ex: It is raining cats and dogs outside.

8 INFERENCE When you make an inference you are reading between the lines. This is a skill that takes lots of practice and thinking about the text.

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