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Poetic Devices. By: Megan Burdett Mrs. Avery’s Block. A S S O N A N C E. Definition: The repetition of vowel sounds. Example: “Thou foster ch i ld of s i lence and slow t i me”. ALLITERATION. Definition: The repetition of initial constant sounds. Example: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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By: Megan Burdett
Mrs. Avery’s Block
ASSONANCE•Definition: The repetition of vowel sounds.
•Example: – “Thou foster child of silence
and slow time”
ALLITERATION
•Definition: The repetition of initial constant sounds.
• Example:– “Rain reigns roughly through the day.
Raging anger from the skyPartners prattle of tormented tearsFrom clouds wondering whyLightning tears their souls apart.”
METAPHOR• Definition: A
comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them (does not use like or as).
• Example: – “Sunshine, hope
aglow, Streams from heaven's storeBringing smiles of warming graceWhich lighten heavy loads.
– Clouds are ships in full sailRacing across the sky-blue sea.”
HYPERBOLE• Definition: Exaggeration for dramatic
effect.
• Example: – “Giants standing tall as mountains
Towering over midgetsBring eyes above the common groundTo heights no longer small.
Arms of tree trunks wrapIn comfort gentle, softnessUnthought-of due to size,Yet welcomed in their strength.”
SIMILE•Definition: A comparison between two objects using a word or comparison such as “like” or “as”.
•Example: –“Notes dance across the page like stars twinkle in the night sky”
PERSONIFICATION• Definition: A figure of speech which
describes animals, ideas, or inanimate objects with human traits or abilities.
• Example: – “Love smiled on him. Love walked right in and stole the
shadows away. The sea that bares her bosom to the
moon.
Death stand above me, whispering low.”
IMAGERY• Definition: Words or phrases that appeal
to any sense or any combination of senses.
• Examples: – “Drip of ruby teardrops
to wake up where the green grass grows lips like cool sweet tea streaming through a velvet sky the stench of the underworld”