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Flashcards in Edgar Allan Poe: "The Raven" - Sound Devices Deck (7)
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1
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sound devices

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  • alliteration (the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words, usually within a line of a poem)
  • assonance (the repetition of a vowel sound within multiple words that are close together)
  • consonance (the repetition of a consonant sound within multiple words that are close together, especially at the end of stressed syllables
  • onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like its definition)
  • repetition (the purposeful repetition of a word or phrase anywhere within a poem)
2
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what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines of “The Raven”?
line 13: and the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

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onomatopoeia

3
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what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines of “The Raven”?
line 26: doubting, dreaming, dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;

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alliteration

4
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what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines of “The Raven”?
line 67: but the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,

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alliteration

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what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines of “The Raven”?
line 13: and the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

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alliteration

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what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines of “The Raven”?
line 88: on this home by horror haunted - tell me truly, I implore -

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alliteration

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what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines of “The Raven”?
line 57: Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered

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alliteration

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