Poetic+Devices

** Hyperbole ** Definition: Over exaggeration used for emphasis. Example: I am so hungry that I could eat a horse.

** Alliteration ** Definition: Repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words and/or phrases. Example: Lady lounges lazily.

** Rhythm & Rhyme ** Definition: Giving phrases words that rhyme, repetition of same sounds and feel of beat and metre perceived when poetry is read aloud Example: Wishes won't wash dishes.

** Metaphor ** Definition:Comparison between two unlike things. Example: He is a cheetah.

** Analogy ** Definition: Comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: hot is to cold as fire is to ice

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** Repetition ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition: The repetition of a certain work to emphasize the meaning or give a certain effect. <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: Now go die die die!!

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** Personification ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition: Giving human qualities to animals or objects. <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: The trees were dancing to the music of the wind.

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** Allusion ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition: Brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: Stephen Vincent Benet's story "By the Waters of Babylon" contains a direct reference to Psalm 137 in the Bible.

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** Oxymoron ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition: Putting two contradictory words together. <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: Wise fool.

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** Euphemism ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition: Substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: He kicked the bucket.

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** Imagery ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition: Language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: It was a dim, old-fahioned chamber, festooned with cobwebs, and besprinkled with antique dust.

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** Irony ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition: Implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: "A fine thing indeed!" he muttered to himself.

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** Malapropism ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition: Act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: "Quail, crush, conclude, and quell" from //A Midsummer Night's Dream.// <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** Onomatopoeia ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition: A word that imitates the sound it represents <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: SPLASH!!

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** Satire ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition:**:** A literary term used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: [|Heavy Artillery]

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** SImile ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition: The comparison of two unlike things using //like// or //as.// <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: He jumped like kangaroo.

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** Symbol ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition: Using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: Dove is a symbol for peace.

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">** Theme ** <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition: The general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express. <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Example: "After reading (this book, poem, essay), I think the author wants me to understand......." <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The theme of //The Interlopers// is hatred and redemption.