Poetic Devices Flashcards
1
Q
Simile
A
As or Like
2
Q
Assonance
A
Repition of vowel sounds
3
Q
Consonance
A
Repition of consonant
4
Q
Alliteration
A
Repetition of same sound at beginning of word
5
Q
Apostrophe
A
Address to a dead, abstract or absent entity
6
Q
Chiasmus
A
Inversion of parallel phrases
Do not live to eat but eat to live
7
Q
Diction
A
Poets distinctive choices in vocab
8
Q
Echo
A
repetition of key word or idea
9
Q
Hyperbole
A
Exaggeration
10
Q
Metaphor
A
Comparison not using as or like
11
Q
Onomatopoeia
A
Use of words resembling sounds
(Bzz bzz)
12
Q
Oxymoron
A
Contradiction of two words
13
Q
Paradox
A
Contradiction of two idea
14
Q
Personification
A
Human behaviors to non-human things or abstract
15
Q
Rhythe,
A
Feel of beat and meter perceived when read
