literary devices
Comparison between two unlike things using like or as
Simile
Repitition of words/phrases that have the same grammatical structure
best of times, worst of times
age of wisdom, age of foolishness
Parallelism
No set rhyme scheme, form, or meter
Free verse
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Repetition consonant sounds at the beginning of the word
Alliteration
Non human thing or quality is given human qualities
Personification
Mask or voice assumed by the writer
14 lines, usually iambic pentameter, set rhyme scheme
Sonnet
The ship was CHEER’D, the harbor CLEARED
Internal rhyme
Use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning
Onomatopoeia
Comparison stating that one thing IS another
DIRECT metaphor (if direct is not stated, incorrect)
Enjambment
Continuation of a sentence from one to the next, using punctuation
Line of poetry containing 5 iambs
Iambic pentameter
A writers choice of words
Diction
Repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words
Consonance
Give an example Imagery
language that impacts a readers 5 senses
A grammatical pause or break in a line of poetry
Caesura
Two consecutive lines of rhyming iambic pentameter
Couplet
Extended through stanza or poem, by multiple comparisons
example in Hope is the thing with feathers
Extended metaphors
Repitition of similar vowel sounds
Assonance
Figure of speech when someone dead is addressed as if they were alive
Apostrophe
Home vs house
childish vs childlike
talkative vs noisy
Connotation
Written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Blank verse
identify-
Parting is such sweet sorrow
That I shall say good night till it be morrow
Couplet
End rhyme
Repition of similar consonant sounds