Poetic+Devices

Hyperbole: a) An extreme exaggeration b) We traveled forever.

Alliteration: a) Repetition of a sound at the beginning of a word. b) Super snakes slither sneakily.

Rhythm and Rhyme: a) The underlying tempo or beat. a) Words that have a similar sounding ending. b)Go slow, show the crow, Bo.

Metaphor: a) A comparison using without using like or as. b) She is the apple of my eye.

Analogy: a) A partial Similarity between two objects b) Her face was an oval, that looked like it had been lightly squished by a thigh buster.

Repetition: a) Repeating a word, phrase, or syllable. b) The blue, blue drapes, hung, hung over the floor

Personification a) Giving an inanitimate object traits b) The sun smiled down

Allusion a) A gentle, implied reference b) Stop acting like Queen Elizibeth.

Euphemism a) An Indirect use of a word b) Baby, like my "lollipop".

Imagery a) A description that brings a picture to mind b) The sun shone down on the sand, and it glittered like gold.

Irony: a) Situational: An outcome that varies from what is expected. a) Dramatic: When the audience knows something a character does not. a) Verbal: Sarcasm b) Yes you look //wonderful// in that dress. (Sarcastically) Malapropism a) Acidenttaly using a wrong, but similar sounding word. b) Ninny's Tomb

Onomatopoeia a) A word that describes a sound b) Drip, drip, drip.

Oxymoron a) Two words with oppisite meaning put together b) bittersweet

Satire a) The use of Humour to parody. b) Satirical representation of Enviroment Canada []

Simile a) A comparison using like or as b) Eyes as bright as the sun

Symbol a) One thing that represents another. b) Mcdonalds is a symbol of America

Theme a) The point the author wanted to convey b) The theme of Midsummer Night's Dream could have been Dreams.