Poetic Devices and their Effect Flashcards
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Define Alliteration.
Alliteration is the repetition of similar sounds, generally at the beginning of words and usually by means of consonants or consonant sound clusters in a group of words.
What is the effect of alliteration?
The effect of alliteration is it creates aggressive sounds and emphasizes specific words in the phrase.
Define Allusion.
In literature, this is the reference to another work.
What is the effect of allusion?
The effect of allusion is that it allows the reader to comprehend the message on a deeper level and allows the reader to connect to the poet emotionally. It allows the reader to contemplate the poem’s meaning and see how it relates to real life.
Define Anaphora.
Anaphora is the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines.
What is the effect of anaphora?
The effect of anaphora is that it emphasizes a specific or particular idea throughout the poem, and helps draw the readers attention towards these lines.
Define Assonance.
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words.
What is the effect of assonance?
Assonance is used by authors to play with the rhythm and connect to the mood. The longer vowel sounds are used to slow down the rhythm and the shorter sounds are used to speed it up. This speed-up can help develop an urgent mood.
Define Blank Verse.
Without rhyme.
What is the effect of blank verse?
It allows the poem to flow like a regular conversation, and may create a more solemn throughout the poem.
Define Consonance.
The repeating, at close intervals, of consonants at the end of important words.
What is the effect of consonance?
The effect of consonance is that it creates a more harmonious, cohesive sound for the audience.
Define Enjambment.
Enjambment is the incomplete syntax at the end of a line; meaning ‘runs over’ from one poetic line to the next, without punctuation.
What is the effect of enjambment?
The effect of enjambment is that it creates a rising urgency, and may also speed up the poem. It also creates a rising tension and may elicit emotional responses from the audience (suspense). Also emphasizes certain lines.
Define Epiphora.
Epiphora, also known as “epistrophe,” is a stylistic device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the ends of successive phrases.
What is the effect of epiphora?
The effect of epiphora is it highlights a specific part of the poem to draw the reader’s attention to it. It helps create a more harmonious transition throughout the poem.
Define Hyperbole.
Hyperbole is an exaggeration of fact used either for serious or comic effect.
What is the effect of hyperbole?
The effect of hyperbole is that it allows the audience to understand the severity of the situation. Furthermore, it creates a rising intensity throughout the poem.
Define Imagery.
A literary device when the author uses the five senses to suggest a picture in the readers mind.
What is the effect of imagery?
The effect of imagery is that it paints a picture in the audience’s mind, and it allows the audience to connect with the reader on a deeper level. Helps them to comprehend the message at a level that is easy to understand.
Define Metaphor,
A metaphor is a comparison that is only suggested or implied, with no clear indication of a relation between the two items.
What is the effect of metaphor?
One effect of metaphor on the reader is it creates connection and empathy because metaphor delivers more than literal significance, it can make a reader understand something at a deeper level than any literal description.
Define Metre.
Metre is the beats in each line of the poem. It is the combination of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up the lines in poetry.
What is the effect of metre?
It creates a more cohesive, musical, and harmonious effect throughout the poem.
