Poetic+Devices


 * __Hyperbole:__ A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement. **
 * __Example:__ “ It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets.” **


 * __Alliteration:__ A sentence wear the words start with the same letters. **
 * __Example:__ “Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. “ **


 * __Rhythm & Rhyme:__ Rhythm is a movement with repetition of a beat or accent. A rhyme is a pattern of words that has similar sounds. **
 * __Example:__ “A sunshiny shower won’t last an hour.” **


 * __Metaphor__ : A comparison using too very unlike things that can be made more similar to each other. **
 * __Example:__ “It’s raining cats and dogs”. **


 * __Analogy:__ Putting similarity into two things that aren’t and comparing them. **
 * __Example:__ “He is like a rock”. **


 * __Repetition:__ Putting the same words,names,or clauses into the same poem. Sometimes to make sure that the readers know its important. **
 * __Example:__ “Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great full. **


 * __Personification:__ Putting human emotion to an inanimate object. **
 * __Example:__ “The fire ran wild”. **


 * __Allusion__ : A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event-real or fictional. **
 * __Example:__ “ He was a real Romeo with the ladies. **


 * __Oxymoron__ : A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. **
 * __Example:__ “A deafening silence.” **


 * __Euphemism:__ A generally harmless word, name of phrase, that substitutes an offensive or suggestive one. **
 * __Example:__ Instead of saying “He has died.” You can say “ He has passed away.” **


 * __Imagery__ : A combination of descriptive words used to set a image in your head. Includes using all five senses. **
 * __Example:__ “The pitter-patter of the rain against the window.” **


 * __Irony:__ When something unexpected happens. **
 * __Example:__ “The fire station burned down”. **


 * __Malapropism__ : The misuse of similar sounding words, especially with humorous results. **
 * __Example:__ “Texas has a lot of electrical votes.” Instead of “Texas has a lot of electoral votes”. **


 * __Onomatopoeia__ : The use of words that create the sounds connecting with the object or action it is referred to. **
 * __Example:__ **


 * __Satire:__ A literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn. **
 * __Example:__ “Satire is a lesson, parody is a game”. **


 * __Simile:__ A comparison of something using like or as. **
 * __Example:__ “She was as quiet as a mouse”. **


 * __Symbol:__ A person, place, action, word, or thing that represents something. **
 * __Example:__ “The road not taken” by Robert Frost. There are two roads that you have to pick from. Each road symbolizes something. **


 * __Theme :__ Meaning behind something **
 * __Example:__ An example can be a lesson you have learned. “The best thing in life are free”. **