Answer to Question #299260 in English for Simphiwe

Question #299260

Typical communication devices that occur in poetic language are: 


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2022-02-20T23:41:02-0500

A poetic device is a deliberate use of words, phrases, sounds, and even shapes to convey meaning. There are many poetic devices which include but not limited to;

Alliteration - this is the repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of multiple words in a series

Onomatopoeia - It is a word that actually looks like the sound it makes, and one can almost hear those sounds as they read.

Metaphors- this is when a writer compares one thing to another.

Similes

Allusion- an indirect reference to something.

Irony - it has a few different meanings. but the most common is the use of tone or exaggeration to convey a meaning opposite to what's being literally said.

Assonance- is the repetition of vowel or diphthong sounds in one or more words found close together


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