Poetic devices

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A level English Literature Mind Map on Poetic devices, created by Katie Newton on 03/05/2017.
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Poetic devices
  1. Alegory
    1. The saying of one thing and meaning another
      1. eg. Orwell's Animal Farm
    2. Assonance
      1. Used to describe the repetition of vowel sounds in neighbouring syllables
        1. eg. deep sea
      2. Caesura
        1. A pause or breathing-place about the middle of a metrical line, generally indicated by a pause in the sense
        2. Enjambement
          1. The effect achieved when the syntax of a line of verse transgresses the limits set by the metre at the end of the verse
          2. Iambic Pentameter
            1. an unrhymed line of five feet in which the dominant accent usually falls on the second syllable of each foot
            2. Dramatic irony
              1. occurs when an audience of a play know some crucial piece of information that the characters onstage do not know
              2. Lexical set
                1. words that are habitually used within a given environment constitute a lexical set
                  1. eg. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday etc.
                2. Monorhyme
                  1. A rhyme scheme in which all lines rhyme
                  2. Plosive
                    1. A consonantal sound in the formation of which the passage of air is completely blocked, such as 'p', 'b', 't'
                    2. Refrain
                      1. A repeated line, phrase or group of lines, which recurs at regular intervals through a poem or song
                      2. Rhythmn
                        1. A term designating the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse or prose
                        2. Feminine Rhyme
                          1. Occurs when two syllables are rhymed ('mother | brother')
                          2. Half Rhyme
                            1. occurs when the final consonants are the same but the preceding vowels are not. ('love | have')
                            2. Eye Rhyme
                              1. occurs when two syllables look the same but are pronounced differently ('kind | wind')
                              2. Synecdoche
                                1. The rhetorical figure whereby a part is substituted for a whole ('a suit entered the room'), or, a whole is substituted for a part (as when a policeman is called 'the law' or a manager is called 'the management'
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