Poetic+Devices


 * 1) Hyperbole
 * Extensive or extreme exaggeration.
 * //There was **a million** people at the party.//
 * 1) Alliteration
 * A phrase in which the first sound is the same for each word.
 * //**B**illy **b**abbled '**b**out **b**athing **b**abies.//
 * 1) Rhythm & Rhyme
 * Two or more phrases which have the same amount of syllables and the last words end with the same sound.
 * //Christmas is a wondrous t**ime**, even in the snowy cl**ime**.//
 * 1) Metaphor
 * Comparision using "is" or derivatives such as "was, be, etc."
 * // The water of the deep **was** dark, smooth velvet. //
 * 1) Analogy
 * A metaphor or simile using parallel situations to create comparision.
 * //This is the human brain. This is the human brain **on alchohol.**//
 * 1) Repetition
 * A word that is repeated one or more times to stress its meaning.
 * //He was **very very** tired.//
 * 1) Personification
 * Giving human attributes to non human things.
 * //The rain **licked** his face.//
 * 1) Allusion
 * A reference to something real outside of the passage.
 * // **Artemis Fowl's** favorite movie as a child was the **STAR WARS Series.** //
 * 1) Euphemism
 * Rewording in such a way to reduce the impact of what is meant.
 * //Rather than say that bob died, he said "bob has passed away"//
 * 1) Imagery
 * Extensive description in an effort to create an imaginated image in the reader's mind.
 * // The sky was **littered** with **puffy**, **white** clouds, like **elongated** **cotton balls** //.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Irony
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Malapropism
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Onomatopoeia
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sound words.
 * //The stir-fry **sizzled.**//
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Oxymoron
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Two contradicting words used together.
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Foreign Domestic Sterilized Garbage. //**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Satire
 * Use of sarcasm to denote scorn.
 * //Oh **great!**//
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Simile
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">comparison using like/as.
 * //He was **as** swift as the wind.//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Symbol
 * A certain object that symbolizes something else.
 * //The **roses** danced in the wind as the boy and the girl walked. "//The roses" symbolizes love.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Theme
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The general Idea of a work of literacy.
 * // Don't judge a book by its cover. //