Poetic Devices Flashcards
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of warped placed near each other
Alliteration
Repeated vowels sounds at the beginning of words near each other
Assonance
Repeated consonant sounds at the end of words near each other
Consonance
A series of harsh unpleasant sounds to help convey disorder
Cacophony
A series of musically pleasant sounds used to convey harmony
Euphony
Words that sound like their meaning
Onomatopoeia
The purposeful reuse of words and phrases
Repetition
A brief reference to a character history event or place
Allusion
Speaking directly to a character
Apostrophe
An understatement used to lessen the the effect of a statement
Euphemism
At outrageous exaggeration
Hyperbole
A contradictory statement or situation to reveal a different from reality
Irony
A direct competition between two unlike things
Metaphor
Figure of speech in which a person place or thing is mentioned to something closely related
Metonymy
Combination of two things that appear to contradict
Oxymoron
