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Difficulty: MediumSound Devices and Musicality

Match each poetic extract on the left with the primary sound device or musical element it exemplifies on the right.

  • Grate, crash, and grind the harsh iron gears against jagged stone.Cacophony
  • Murmuring streams softly flow through moonlit lawns.Euphony
  • The stroke of luck struck the black clock back.Consonance
  • The night was bright with stars so white.Internal Rhyme

Answer

The poetic extracts correspond to their sound devices as follows: Extract 1 matches Cacophony due to harsh consonant combinations; Extract 2 matches Euphony due to smooth, harmonious phrasing; Extract 3 matches Consonance due to repeated terminal 'ck' consonant sounds; Extract 4 matches Internal Rhyme due to rhyming words placed within the same line.
Each extract demonstrates a distinct sound device: harsh and grating sounds form cacophony; melodious and flowing phrasing forms euphony; repeated ending consonant sounds form consonance; and words that rhyme within the same line form internal rhyme.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Examine the auditory characteristics and phonetic elements of each poetic line.
Identified harsh, discordant sounds in Extract 1; smooth, soothing sounds in Extract 2; repeating end-consonant sounds in Extract 3; and mid-line rhyming words in Extract 4.
Poetic sound devices rely on specific auditory qualities such as harshness, musical harmony, sound position, and structural placement.
2
Map each identified auditory characteristic to its corresponding literary term.
Extract 1 is Cacophony, Extract 2 is Euphony, Extract 3 is Consonance, and Extract 4 is Internal Rhyme.
These terminology definitions directly describe the auditory devices used across the extracts.

Key Concept

Sound Devices and Musicality in Poetry
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Sound Devices and Musicality

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