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Poetic Devices and Literary Terms

POETIC FORMS Type Definition Type Definition

Ballad

Lyric

Elegy

Ode

Epic

Sonnet

Haiku

Blank verse

STANZA FORMS Type Definition Type Definition

Couplet

Sestet

Quatrain

Octet/ Octave

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Type Definition Type Definition

Allusion

Motif

Analogy

Oxymoron

Apostrophe

Paradox

Conceit

Personification

Epithet

Simile

Imagery

Symbolism

Metaphor: Extended

Metaphor: Implied

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POETIC TERMS & LITERARY DEVICES

SOUND DEVICES Type Definition Type Definition

Alliteration

Consonance

Assonance

Euphony

Cacophony

Onomatopoeia

Caesura

Repetition

RHYTHM & RHYME

Type Definition Type Definition Blank verse

Rhyme

Free Verse

Slant Rhyme

Iambic Pentameter

End Rhyme

Meter

Internal Rhyme

Refrain Rhythm

DICTION & SYNTAX Type Definition Type Definition

Cliché

Irony

Vernacular/ Colloquialism

Dramatic Irony

Connotation

Situational Irony

Denotation

Verbal Irony

Dialect Pun

Diction Rhetorical Question

Hyperbole Under-statement

Juxtaposition

Voice