Poetic+Devices


 * 1.Hyperbole**

An exaggeration. EX: I could eat a horse.


 * 2.Alliteration**

A phrase which repeats the same sound or letter in every word, usually the first letter. EX: He has heavy houses heaped horridly.


 * 3.Rhythm & Rhyme**

A pattern of words containing similar sounds. EX: The cat ate the bat who sat.


 * 4.Metaphor**

A comparison not using like or as. EX: The


 * 5.Analogy**

A comparison of features in two things. EX: My heart is like a pump.


 * 6.Repetition**

The repetitive and consecutive use of a constant sound or syllable. EX: "Mom, Mom, Mommy, Mom, Mom!" shouted the child.


 * 7.Personification**

Giving a non-human thing the characteristics of a human. EX: The trees whispered to me.


 * 8.Allusion**

An indirect reference to a person, place, thing or event. EX: She ran by with a red cape and a brown basket.


 * 9.Euphemism**

Substituting a politer or more socially acceptable word or phrase for something that would be considered ruder or socially unacceptable. EX: "Tommy doesn't have a permanent residence ." instead of "Tommy is a hobo."


 * 10.Imagery**

Descriptive language that provides a picture in the mind or vividly describes a sensation with another one of the five senses, which can be achieved by comparing something that isn't in the text to create visual of the thing being described. EX: Her eyelashes were like a the legs of a black widow spider.


 * 11.Irony**

Using words in a non-literal sense, to convey the opposite meaning of the words themselves. EX: The name of Britain's biggest dog until it recently died was Tiny.


 * 12.Malapropism**

Misusing words that are similar in sounding so that the statement becomes hilarious or ridiculous. EX: He grabbed a fire distinguisher.


 * 13.Onomatopoeia**

Words that sound like the sounds they represent. EX: bang, zip, pop, crunch, crackle.


 * 14.Oxymoron**

A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. EX: One dark, stormy night in the middle of day, two men stood back to back facing each other.


 * 15.Satire**

A way of writing that exposes the failing of others.


 * 16.Simile**

A comparison using like or as. EX: The bread was as hard as a rock.


 * 17.Symbol**

An object that stands for something else. EX:He drove a Mercedes-Benz. (Symbolizing the rich upper class.)


 * 18.Theme**

The message, broad idea, or moral of the text. EX: A common theme would be the dangers of ignorance.