devices of sound Flashcards
1
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onomatopoeia
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is the use of words that sound like their meaning: a skirt “swishes” a bat “cracks”
2
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aliteration
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repetition of initial consonants “the soft surge of the sea”
3
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consonance
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repetition of consonants sounds anywhere in the words: the sight of the apple and maple trees please the people.
4
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rhyme
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repetition of a stressed sound, his aim was to blame the dame.
5
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase: the owl swept out wood and circled the house
6
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rhythm
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recurring flow of strong and weak beat in a phrase “chicka chicka boom boom@ Will there be enough room?
7
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meter
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regular rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in a line of poetry.
8
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cadence
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less regular rhythm found in prose
