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| SOUND DEVICES | LANGUAGE THAT MAKES POEMS MORE EXPRESSIVE AND MUSICAL |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate sounds (bam, growl, hiss) |
| repetition | the use, more than once, of sounds, words, phrases, sentences, or groups of sentences |
| alliteration | the repetition of BEGINNING CONSONANT sounds |
| assonance | the repetition of BEGINNING VOWEL sounds |
| rhyme | the repetition of the same sound at the END of words |
| rhyme scheme | the PATTERN of end rhymes--we use a different letter for each rhyme |
| end rhyme | the rhyme occurs at ends of lines |
| internal rhyme | the rhyme occurs in the MIDDLE of the line |
| slant rhyme (or approximate rhyme) | it occurs when two words have a common sound but NOT an exact rhyme |
| rhythm | a PATTERN of BEATS |
| meter | a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| FORM | TYPE OF POEM BASED ON ITS SPEAKER, SHAPE, NUMBER OF LINES, AND SOUND DEVICES |
| free verse | poetry that does NOT have a regular rhyme scheme |
| concrete poem | a poem in the SHAPE of its subject |
| lyric poem | a poem with a single speaker about emotions |
| sonnet | a lyric poem with 14 lines written in iambic pentameter and a specific rhyme scheme |
| narrative poem | a poem that tells a story |
| ballad | a songlike poem about romance and adventure with repetition and rhyme |
| dramatic monologue | the speake (not the author) speaks to a silent listener and reveals traits about himself |
