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Part A. Imagery
Imagery refers to mental pictures created by words.
As Mommy washed up
and the children played,
smell of warm butter filled the air.
(Anonymous)
Part B.
Sound Patterns
Most poems are written to be read aloud, and how they sound is as important as
what they mean. Sound patterns consist of two elements: rhythm and rhyme.
Nursery rhymes tend to have very predictable rhythms. For example, "Mary had
a little lamb", "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" (regular trochees; i.e., two syllables
with the emphasis on the first)
End rhyme: the repetition of the ending sounds in two or more lines.
One, two,
buckle my shoe;
Three, four,
shut the door;
Five, six,
pick up sticks;
Seven, eight,
lay them straight;
Nine, ten,
a big, fat hen.
Alliteration: the repetition of initial sounds in two or more words.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?