Characteristics of Poetry Sound Devices techniques used by

Characteristics of Poetry Sound Devices techniques used by writers to give musical effects to their writing by Your first and last names

METER • The rhythmical pattern in a poem.

Repetition • a sound device – uses any element of language more than once – A sound – A word – A phrase or clause – A sentence

ALLITERATION A sound device – the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. Ex. Slippery slope

ASSONANCE • A sound device – the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables. • Ex. blade and maze (the same vowel sound on the inside) VOWELS: A E I O U

CONSONANCE • A sound device • The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables. • Ex. wind and sand

ONOMATOPOEIA • A sound device • The use of words that imitate sounds • Ex. boom, hiss, crash, bang

RHYME • A sound device • The repetition of sounds at the ends of words • Ex. speech and teach

Characteristics of Poetry Figurative Language* and Imagery *writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally by Your first and last names

SYMBOL • Anything that represents something else. Ex. A dove is a symbol for peace.

Personification • A type of figurative language that gives human characteristics to something that is not human. • Ex. The alarm clock screamed at me to get up.

METAPHOR • A type of figurative language that describes one thing as if it were something else. • Comparison on two unlike nouns. • Uses a being verb. • Ex. The house was a zoo this morning.

SIMILE • A type of figurative language that uses like or as to compare two unlike nouns. AS Ex. My hand is as red as a tomato. I Our teacher sings like a bird. M I L IKE E

Imagery • Sensory language is writing that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses. • Imagery is the use of words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the 5 senses. • The author is trying to create a _______ in the reader’s mind.