Poetic Devices

Ms. Citton

English 8

In Your Journals …• Record and define the poetic devices• Create an example for each poetic device.

Alliteration• The repetition of the same or similar sounds

at the beginning of words.

Assonance and ConsonanceAssonance• The repetition or a pattern

of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds.

Consonance• The repetition of similar

consonant sounds, especially at the end of words.

Hyperbole• A figure of speech in which deliberate

exaggeration is used for emphasis.

Imagery, Theme, Symbol• Imagery: the pictures the writer creates in the

readers mind using images that appeal to the five senses.

• Theme: the central idea or message of a poem or story.

• Symbol: An object or idea that represents something else.

Accent, Meter, Form• Accent: the emphasis given to a syllable or

word.

• Meter: the arrangement of a line of poetry by the number of syllables and the rhythm of accented syllables.

• Form: The way a poem is laid out on a page.

Verse, Stanza, Refrain• Verse: A single line of poetry (as opposed to prose)

• Stanza: Two or more lines of poetry that together form one or the divisions of a poem.

• Refrain: A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem – usually after every stanza.