Poetry+Devices

ex. I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
 * Hyperbole- an intentional exaggeration. **


 * Alliteration- a group of words with the same variable or sound. **
 * ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. **


 * Rhythm & Rhyme- when words have the same sound. **
 * ex. My cat __died__, I __cried__. **


 * Metaphor- comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as' **
 * ex. Juliet is the sun. **


 * Analogy- a comparison of two things that is realistic. **
 * ex. A heart and a pump. **


 * Repetition- using the same word more than once. **

ex. Reading is your friend.
 * Personification- when you give an inanimate object human-like qualities. **


 * Allusion- describing something in just a few words that means a lot. **
 * ex. If you described someone as "Romeo", makes you think about a young lover. **


 * Oxymoron- conjoining contradictory terms. **
 * ex. Deafening silence. **

<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">ex. saying someone 'passed away' instead of saying that they died.
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Euphemism- **<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh.


 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Imagery- the ability to form images in our minds. **
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">ex. ** The eery silence was shattered by her scream.


 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Irony- sarcasm, or witty language. **
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">ex. the fireman's house burnt down. **

<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">ex. He's going up and down like a metronome.
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Malapropism- **<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;">ex. the clock goes tick tock. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">ex.
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Onomatopoeia- using words that imitate the sound they denote. **
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Satire- **<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"> witty language used to convey insults or scorn.


 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Simile- comparing two things using like or as. **
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">ex. Your hands feel like ice. **


 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Symbol- when something represents something that it isn't. **
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">ex. red symbolizes death. **


 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Theme **