Poetry
A figure of speech involving a comparison using like or as.
What is a Simile?
A figure of speech comparing two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
What is a Metaphor?
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics.
What is personification?
The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration?
He's a real Romeo with the ladies...
What is an Allusion
My love is like a rose.
What is a simile?
Whoosh!
What is an Onomatopoeia
Deafening silence
What is an Oxymoron?
A phrase that carries over from one line to the next without punctuation.
He is a monster!
What is a metaphor?
The stars danced across the sky.
What is personification?
A pilot admits that he is afraid of heights.
What is Irony?
Sue saw sharks swim in the sea.
What is an Alliteration.
Do you think money grows on trees?
What is a Rhetorical Question?
Mike liked his new bike!
What is consonance?
I've got mouths to feed...
What is Synecdoche?
What is a Euphemism
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain
What is assonance?
And you, oh my soul where you stand...
DAILY DOUBLE
THERE ARE TWO POETIC DEVICES USED. IDENTIFY BOTH FOR DOUBLE POINTS!
What is Apostrophe and Personification?