Stilistic Devices Ib English A

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Alliteration

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repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of a word; "stiches to show something's missing?" (The Applicant, 6)

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Assonance

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repeated vowel sounds, do not have to be at the beginning of a term;

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Consoncance

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repeated consonant sounds at the end of words;

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Cacophony

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harsh and unpleasant sounds; "black sweet blood mouthfuls" (Ariel, 13)

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Euphony

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auditatively pleasant sounds; "angels, swirling in the winds"

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Onomatopoeia

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terms that sounds like their meaning; "pop" (Balloons)

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Repetition

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somewhat self explanatory; "Ich, ich, ich, ich," (Daddy 27)

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Rhyme

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words sounding alike; "two, you, do, shoe, Achoo etc." (Daddy)

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Rhythm

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the organisation of speed and frequency of terms when spoken aloud;

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Meter

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pattern in rhythm;

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Syllables

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part of a word in which the mouth changes its position to make the new sound

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Allegory

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second meaning of an abstract, such as a spiritual, idea; "Jew" (Daddy)

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Metonymy

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something is referred to by something associated with it; "white house"

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Oymoron

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combination of two things that contradict each other;

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Paradox

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seems to be an oxymoron, but reveals an unexpected truth;

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Personification

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something inanimate which is given human characteristics; "they have lived with us" (Ballons, 1)

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Pun

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word play

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Similie

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direct comparison; "Moulding onto his lips like lies" (Stings, 49)

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Symbol

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A representation of something abstract through something physical; "Tulips" (Tulips)

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Synecdoche

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indicating something by using parts of it

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Point of View

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the poem's voice

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Speaker

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also, the poem's voice, the narrator in a poem

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Line

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sentence in a poem (often in one line ;) )

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Allusion

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referring to something in the past; "Holocaust" in Daddy

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Ambiguity

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a term that can have multiple meanings

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ANalogy

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comparing something unfamiliar with something familiar

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Apostrophe

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adressing the reader or imaginary listerner or an inanimate object; "You" in Daddy

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Cliché

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figure of speech that is overused and outdated; "light as hope" in WIntering

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Connotation

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the interprative meaning of a word;

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Contrast

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differing things; "life and death" in Words

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Denotation

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dictionary definition

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Euphemism

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understatement to make something more "innocent" or "accepted"

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Hyperbole

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overexaggeration;

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Irony

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something which is ironic, contradition revealing something that it does not appear to be

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Metaphore

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a comparison in which something takes the role of something else; "coffin of a midget" (Arrival of the Bee Box, 3)

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Stanza

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a collection of lines, paragraph

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Rhetorical Questions

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a question for effect, not meant to be answered; "Will you marry it?" (Applicant 22)

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Rhyme Scheme

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a pattern of rhymes

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Enjambment

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flowing from one line to the next; "Splits and passes, sister / to the brown arc / of the nech I cannot catch" (Ariel 7-9)

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Form

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Structure of a peom

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Free verse

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no prescribed pattern or rhyme scheme and no meter; almost all of her poetry

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Imagery

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using language to evoke mental images, using senses; "And your Aryan eye, bright blue" (Daddy, 44)

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Synesthesia

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combining senses

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Tone

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revealing the emotions and feelings in the speaker's use of words; annoyance in The Applicant

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Mood

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revealing the emotions and feelings as a whole of the poem; melancholy in many poems