Poetic Devices

Poetry is not just the use of rhyming.  There are dozens of devices used by poets in order to communicate a specific idea, phrase, feeling, or theme to the readers.  The students of CP 11 have been hard at work creating materials to illustrate just a few of these many devices.

Check out the videos and corresponding notes below.  Enjoy!

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Group 1

Alliteration, Denotation, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia

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Group 2

Allusion, Idiom, Dialect, Parallelism

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Group 3

Personification, Assonance, Ext. Metaphor, Imagery

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Group 4

Repetition, Symbol, Metaphor, Author's Purpose 

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Group 5

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Group 6

Tone, Free Verse, Couplet, Mood/Atmosphere

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