Poetic Devices 1
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration?
The babies were so loud they made my ears burst!
Hyperbole
An exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
I rather eat dirt than the school lunch.
hyperbole
A figure of speech involving a comparison using like or as.
What is a Simile?
Poetry that is free, yet has artistic expression is called ___________ verse.
What is free verse?
Whoosh!
Onomatopoeia
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics.
What is personification?
When I fell down the stairs, we all heard bing, bang boom, crack..
Onomatopoeia.
Repeating a word in a poetic line/poem used to show importance.
What is Repetition?
Tilly the tiger tried to tie a tie.
Alliteration.
Sue saw sharks swim in the sea.
Alliteration.
the baby cried, and cried, and cried
Repetition
white clouds were gently swirled across the pale blue sky
Imagery
It was a dark and stormy night.
In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind.
What is the author trying to establish?
Mood/Theme. The author is giving the reader a feeling of unrest and uncertainly.
The autumn leaves are a blanket on the ground.
*This can be a metaphor, but what is the author trying to show?
Imagery
The cash register popped open with a heart warming CA-CHING!
Onomatopoeia.