Poetry+Devices

When something in a poem or story is exaggerated a lot to make a point, but is not normally taken literally. Ex. "I am so hungry I could eat a horse!" When a phrase or sentence has every word starting with the same letter or sound/ Ex. Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Rhyme schemes, a pace or beat the poem goes to. A comparison, saying something is something else. Ex. Life is a bowl of cherries. A comparison between two things. Ex. The constant repetition of a word or phrase in a poem. Ex. Die, die, die. To give a inanimate thing human characteristics. Ex. The wind howled. A reference to something without being exact. Ex. An allusion to Shakespeare. A contradictory phrase. Ex. Jumbo shrimp, a small fortune. A more mild version of a statement that might be too harsh. Ex. Sanitary engineer instead of garbage man, someone passe away instead of died. Descriptive or figurative language. The expression of ones meaning by using language the usually means the opposite. Ex. Don't play with the pencil you could stab yourself, here, play with this knife. The use of a word, that although sounds correct, has a different meaning. Ex. Odious instead of odorous, or vise versa. Words that express sound. Ex. Boom, zoom, etc. The use of humor or irony the expose a situation to people. A comparison that uses 'like' or 'as'. Ex. Life is //like// a bowl of cherries. A thing that stands for or represents something else. A message or moral in a poem.
 * Hyperbole- **
 * Alliteration- **
 * Rhythm & Rhyme- **
 * Metaphor- **
 * Analogy **-
 * Repetition- **
 * Personification- **
 * Allusion- **
 * Oxymoron- **
 * Euphemism- **
 * Imagery- **
 * Irony- **
 * Malapropism- **
 * Onomatopoeia- **
 * Satire- **
 * SImile- **
 * Symbol- **
 * Theme- **