poetic device - pun Flashcards
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poetic device - definition
A device used in poetry to manipulate the sound of words, sentences or lines.
alliteration - definition
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.
alliteration - example
“Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore”
alliteration - impact on text
The use of alliteration creates a lyrical or bouncy quality that can make the text seem bright and cheerful
assonance - definition
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds.
assonance - example
“From the molten-golden notes”
assonance - impact on text
It helps to embed a set of words within the mind of whoever is hearing them
consonance - definition
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the end of words or within words.
consonance - example
“Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door”
consonance - impact on text
Consonance is used by writers to communicate rhythm, mood, and flow
onomatopoeia - definition
The use of a word which imitates or suggests the sound that the thing makes.
onomatopoeia - example
Snap, rustle, boom, murmur
onomatopoeia - impact on text
It can add excitement, action, and interest by allowing the reader to hear and remember your writing.
internal rhyme - definition
When a line of poetry contains a rhyme within a single line.
internal rhyme - example
“To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!”
internal rhyme - impact on text
Poets can break a rhythm they have created with internal rhyme to unsettle the reader or change the mood of the poem.
slant rhyme - definition
When a poet creates a rhyme, but the two words do not rhyme exactly – they are merely similar.
slant rhyme - example
“I sat upon a stone, / And found my life has gone.”
slant rhyme - impact on text
Slant rhymes make poetry and prose sound more cohesive.
end rhyme - definition
When the last word of two different lines of poetry rhyme.
end rhyme - example
“Roses are red, violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, and so are you.”
end rhyme - impact on text
End rhymes can make the words more memorable and easier to memorise for readers / listeners.
rhyme scheme - definition
The pattern of a poem’s end rhymes.
rhyme scheme - example
the following lines have a
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
