Poetry+Devices

Hyperbole:exaggeration or overstatement. Opposite of understatement I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. He's as big as a house. 
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Alliteration: the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. **Example:** In cliches: sweet smell of success, a dime a dozen, bigger and better, jump for joy

Rhythm & Rhyme: a pattern of words that contain similar sounds. **Example:** ****Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.** **

 Metaphor:the comparison of two UNLIKE things.

Analogy: the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. The key is to ascertain the relationship between the first so you can choose the correct second pair. Part to whole, opposites, results of are types of relationships you should find.

 hot is to cold as fire is to ice
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<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Repetition: repeating words for enphasis. <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">ex. Because we are vineyards of good year after good year <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Personification: is giving human qualities to animals or objects. a smiling moon, a jovial sun
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<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Allusion:a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. Casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event. An allusion may be drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion.

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Stephen Vincent Benet's story "By the Waters of Babylon" contains a direct reference to Psalm 137 in the Bible.
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<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Oxymoron: is putting two contradictory words together. <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> **Examples:** wise fool, sad joy, eloquent silence, jumbo shrimp

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Euphemism: is the 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;">﻿ ex. he passed away instead of he died

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Imagery: language or description 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;">. <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Irony:an implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant. Three kinds of irony:

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> //verbal irony// //dramatic irony// //irony of situation//

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Malapropism:an 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;">Onomatopoeia: a word that imitates the sound it represents. splash, wow, gush, kerplunk
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<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Satire:literary term used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack.

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Simile: the comparison of two unlike things using //like// or //as//. Related to metaphor He eats like a pig. Vines like golden prisons.
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<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Symbol: is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. the bird of night (owl is a symbol of death)
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<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Theme:the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express. All of the elements of literary terms contribute to theme. A simple theme can often be stated in a single sentence. "After reading (this book, poem, essay), I think the author wants me to understand......."
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