alliteration:
allusion:
apostrophe:
cacophony:
caesura:
consonance:
enjambment:
hyperbole:
internal rhyme:
irony:
meter:
metaphor:
metonymy:
onomatopoeia:
oxymoron:
paradox:
personification:
pun:
repetition:
simile:
slant or forced rhyme:
synecdoche:
syntax:
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Common Poetic Devices
After reviewing the following terms, comment on this blog post with definitions in your words.
alliteration: Series of words that begin with the same consonant or 'sound-alike.'
allusion: Indirect reference to another work of literature or art.
apostrophe: Addressing a thing, an abstraction, or a person not present.
cacophony: Juxtaposition of words producing a harsh sound.
caesura: is a complete stop in a line of poetry.
conceit: an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem.
consonance: Repetition of consonant sounds, most commonly within a short passage of verse.
couplet: a pair of lines of meter in poetry, often rhyming.
enjambment: Breaking of a syntactic unit (a phrase, clause, or sentence) by the end of a line or between two verses.
hyperbole: Exaggeration of a statement.
internal rhyme: Using two or more rhyming words in the same sentence.
irony: Use of word in a way that conveys a meaning opposite to its usual meaning.
meter: The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
metaphor: Stating one entity is another for the purpose of comparing them in quality.
metonymy: Substitution of a word to suggest what is really meant.
onomatopoeia: Word that imitates a real sound (e.g. tick-tock or boom).
oxymoron: Using two terms together, that normally contradict each other.
paradox: Use of apparently contradictory ideas to point out some underlying truth.
personification: Attributing or applying human qualities to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.
pun: When a word or phrase is used in two different senses.
repetition: Repeated usage of word(s)/group of words in the same sentence to create a poetic/rhythmic effect.
simile: Comparison between two things using like or as.
slant or forced rhyme: a rhyme with an imperfect match in sound.
synecdoche: Form of metonymy in which a part stands for the whole.
syntax: The way in which linguistic elements (words and phrases) are arranged to form grammatical structure. Syntactic inversion refers to the rearrangement of traditional word order.
alliteration: Series of words that begin with the same consonant or 'sound-alike.'
allusion: Indirect reference to another work of literature or art.
apostrophe: Addressing a thing, an abstraction, or a person not present.
cacophony: Juxtaposition of words producing a harsh sound.
caesura: is a complete stop in a line of poetry.
conceit: an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem.
consonance: Repetition of consonant sounds, most commonly within a short passage of verse.
couplet: a pair of lines of meter in poetry, often rhyming.
enjambment: Breaking of a syntactic unit (a phrase, clause, or sentence) by the end of a line or between two verses.
hyperbole: Exaggeration of a statement.
internal rhyme: Using two or more rhyming words in the same sentence.
irony: Use of word in a way that conveys a meaning opposite to its usual meaning.
meter: The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
metaphor: Stating one entity is another for the purpose of comparing them in quality.
metonymy: Substitution of a word to suggest what is really meant.
onomatopoeia: Word that imitates a real sound (e.g. tick-tock or boom).
oxymoron: Using two terms together, that normally contradict each other.
paradox: Use of apparently contradictory ideas to point out some underlying truth.
personification: Attributing or applying human qualities to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.
pun: When a word or phrase is used in two different senses.
repetition: Repeated usage of word(s)/group of words in the same sentence to create a poetic/rhythmic effect.
simile: Comparison between two things using like or as.
slant or forced rhyme: a rhyme with an imperfect match in sound.
synecdoche: Form of metonymy in which a part stands for the whole.
syntax: The way in which linguistic elements (words and phrases) are arranged to form grammatical structure. Syntactic inversion refers to the rearrangement of traditional word order.
source: Wikipedia; Poet's Bookshelf; University of Texas
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