Poetic devices Flashcards
What is a stanza
The division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains
What is a theme
The main idea or meaning of text
What is imagery
Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses and help to create a mental image for the reader
Names the 5 types of imagery
Auditory, describes what we hear
Visual, describes what we see
Tactile, describes what we touch or feel
Olfactory, describes what we smell
Gustatory, describes what we taste
What is auditory imagery
Describes what we hear
What is visual imagery
Describes what we see
What is tactile imagery
Describes what we touch or feel
What is olfactory imagery
Describes what we smell
What is gustatory imagery
Describes what we taste
What is sound
The poet uses rhythm or rhyme and or repetition
What is rhythm
The beat and movement of language
What is lines
Phrases or words in a stanza
What is form
What a poem looks like
What is Figurative language
Language and point one or more figures of speech
What is simile
Comparison using like or as
What is metaphor
Comparison NOT Using like or as saying something IS something else
What is hyperbole
Exaggeration for emphasis
Example, I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse
What is personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings thoughts or attitudes
Example, those cookies are calling my name, the leaves danced across the garden
What is alliteration
The repetition of a consonant sounds at the BEGINNING of words
Example, Betty Botter bought some butter but she said the butters bitter
What is assonance
The use of repeated vowel signs in nearby words
Example, the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plains
What is onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it is describing
Example, boom, bang
What is consonance
The repetition of consonant Sounds anywhere within words
