MARY ELIZABETH L.
LANSANG
9-DAO
SOUND DEVICES
ALLITERATION
-THE OCCURRENCE OF THE SAME
LETTER OR SOUND AT THE BEGINNING
OF ADJACENT OR CLOSELY
CONNECTED WORDS.
EX. PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF
PICKLED PEPPERS.
ASSONANCE
-IN POETRY, THE REPETITION OF THE
SOUND OF A VOWEL OR DIPHTHONG
IN NONRHYMING STRESSED
SYLLABLES NEAR ENOUGH TO EACH
OTHER FOR THE ECHO TO BE
DISCERNIBLE.
EX. O ROMEO, ROMEO, WHEREFORE
ART THOU ROMEO?
CONSONANCE
-IS AN AGREEMENT OR COMPATIBILITY
BETWEEN OPINIONS OR ACTIONS.
EX. HE STOOD ON THE ROAD AND
CRIED.
ONOMATOPOEIA
- A WORD THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE
NOISE IT DESCRIBES.
EX. THE WAVES CRASHED AGAINST
THE SIDE OF THE BOAT.
RHYME
-IS THE REPETITION OF SYLLABLES,
TYPICALLY AT THE END OF A VERSE
LINE.
EX. CAT-HAT, ROTTEN-FORGOTTEN,
AND HEARD-BIRD
RHYTHM
-THE PATTERNED RECURRENCE,
WITHIN A CERTAIN RANGE OF
REGULARITY, OF SPECIFIC LANGUAGE
FEATURES, USUALLY FEATURES OF
SOUND.
EX. BURNING, SINGING IN THE
SUNSHINE.
FIGURATIVE/CONNOTATIVE
LANGUAGE IN POETRY
METAPHOR
- IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT
DESCRIBES AN OBJECT OR ACTION IN
A WAY THAT ISN'T TRUE, BUT HELPS
EXPLAIN AN IDEA OR MAKE A
COMPARISON.
EX. LIFE IS A HIGHWAY.
SIMILE
-A FIGURE OF SPEECH INVOLVING THE
COMPARISON OF ONE THING WITH
ANOTHER THING OF A DIFFERENT
KIND USED TO MAKE A DESCRIPTION
MORE EMPHATIC OR VIVID
EX. THEY FOUGHT LIKE CATS AND
DOGS.
PERSONIFICATION
- IS A POETIC DEVICE WHERE
ANIMALS, PLANTS, OR EVEN
INANIMATE OBJECTS, ARE GIVEN
HUMAN QUALITIES – RESULTING IN A
POEM FULL OF IMAGERY AND
DESCRIPTION.
EX. MY ALARM CLOCK YELLS AT ME TO
GET OUT OF BED EVERY MORNING.