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Poetic devices Flashcards

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What is a stanza

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The division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains

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What is a theme

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The main idea or meaning of text

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3
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What is imagery

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Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses and help to create a mental image for the reader

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Names the 5 types of imagery

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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

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What is auditory imagery

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Describes what we hear

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What is visual imagery

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Describes what we see

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What is tactile imagery

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Describes what we touch or feel

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What is olfactory imagery

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Describes what we smell

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What is gustatory imagery

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Describes what we taste

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What is sound

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The poet uses rhythm or rhyme and or repetition

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What is rhythm

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The beat and movement of language

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12
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What is lines

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Phrases or words in a stanza

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What is form

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What a poem looks like

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What is Figurative language

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Language and point one or more figures of speech

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What is simile

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Comparison using like or as

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What is metaphor

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Comparison NOT Using like or as saying something IS something else

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What is hyperbole

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Exaggeration for emphasis
Example, I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse

18
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What is personification

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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

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What is alliteration

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The repetition of a consonant sounds at the BEGINNING of words

Example, Betty Botter bought some butter but she said the butters bitter

20
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What is assonance

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The use of repeated vowel signs in nearby words

Example, the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plains

21
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What is onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates the sound it is describing

Example, boom, bang

22
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What is consonance

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The repetition of consonant Sounds anywhere within words

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