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poetic devices | tools a poet uses to create strong images in poetry |
rhythm | beat or meter in poetry-pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables |
rhyme Scheme | pattern of end rhyme aabb |
end Rhyme | repetition of word ending at the end of lines of poetry |
internal rhyme | repetition of word ending inside of lines of poetry |
repetition | the repeating of words and phrases for affect |
assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
consonance | repetition of consonant sounds throughout words |
alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words |
imagery | language that appeals to the five senses |
onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they mean |
hyperbole | exaggeration for effect |
metaphor | simile comparison of two normally unrelated things |
Simile | Comparison of two things normally unrelated things using like or as |
personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things |