Poetic Devices Flashcards
Assonance.
Repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines. These should be in sounds that are accented, or stressed, rather than in vowel sounds that are unaccented.
Consonance.
Repeated consonant sounds at the ENDING of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent line.
Cacophony.
A discordant series of harsh, unpleasant sounds helps to convey disorder. This is often furthered by the combined effect of the meaning and the difficult of pronunciation.
Euphony.
A series of musically pleasant sounds, conveying a sense of harmony and beauty to the language.
Onomatopoeia.
Words that sound like their meanings.
Repetition.
The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect.
Connotation.
The emotional, physiological or social overtones of a word; its implications and associations apart from its literal meaning.
Hyperbole.
An outrageous exaggeration used for effect.
Metaphor.
A direct comparison between two unlike things, stating that one IS the other or does the action the action of the other.
Oxymoron.
A combination of two words that appear to contradict each other.
Personification.
Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or abstract idea.
Simile.
A direct comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”.
Verse.
One single line of a poem arranged in a metrical pattern. Also, a piece of poetry or a particular form of poetry such as a free verse.
Enjambment.
The continuation of the logical sense - and therefore the grammatical construction - beyond the end of a line of poetry.
Sonnet.
A fourteen line poem in iambic pentameter with a prescribed rhyme scheme; it’s subject was traditionally love.
