Glossary 3 Flashcards
Definition- Poetic device
A device used in poetry to manipulate the sound of words, sentences or lines
Definition- Alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.
Example- Alliteration
“Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore”
Impact- Alliteration
It grasps the reader’s attention, making them focus on a particular line or section
Definition- Assonance
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds.
Example- Assonance
“From the molten-golden notes”
Impact- Assonance
It creates rhythm and guides which syllables should be stressed. This rhythm-making has a flow-on effect.
Definition- Consonance
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the end of words or within words
Example- Consonance
“Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door”
Impact- Consonance
give language a musical element, as well as emphasize sounds or words that resonate with the main ideas or themes of the work and add rhythm
Definition- Onomatopoeia
The use of a word which imitates or suggests the sound that the thing makes.
Example- Onomatopoeia
Snap, rustle, boom, murmur
Impact- Onomatopoeia
add excitement, humor, action, and interest by allowing the reader to hear and remember your writing
Definition- Internal rhyme
When a line of poetry contains a rhyme within a single line.
Example- Internal rhyme
“To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!”
Impact- Internal rhyme
make the writing more rhythmic
Definition- Slant rhyme
When a poet creates a rhyme, but the two words do not rhyme exactly – they are merely similar.
Example- Slant rhyme
“I sat upon a stone, / And found my life has gone.”
Impact- Slant rhyme
make poetry and prose sound more cohesive
Definition- End rhyme
When the last word of two different lines of poetry rhyme.
Example- End rhyme
“Roses are red, violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, and so are you.”
Impact- End rhyme
It creates a rhythm and adds a musical quality.
Definition- Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of a poem’s end rhymes.
Example- Rhyme Scheme
rhyme scheme of a b a b c d c d:
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? a
Thou art more lovely and more temperate. b
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. a
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. b
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines c
And often is his gold complexion dimmed d
And every fair from fair sometime declines c
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed d
