This literary device repeats initial consonant sounds across nearby words, adding rhythm to phrases like Peter Piper's tongue twister.

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17This literary device forms words that imitate the sounds they describe, like buzz or clang.RECALL
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia forms words that imitate the sounds they describe, like buzz or clang.
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18This structured poem has fourteen lines and appears in familiar Shakespearean and Petrarchan forms.RECALL
Sonnet
A sonnet is a structured fourteen-line poem, traditionally exploring love, as in Shakespeare's Sonnet 18.
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19This Japanese short-verse form is often taught in English as three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.RECALL
Haiku
A haiku follows a traditional five-seven-five syllable pattern, often capturing a single natural image.
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