Sound Devices
Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of words.
Alliteration
Identify a comparison using “like” or “as and the term used to define a direct comparison where one thing is compared to another.
simile & metaphor
A subtle reference to something outside the text.
allusion
This device uses descriptive language to appeal to the senses
imagery
A group of lines in a poem that functions like a paragraph.
stanza
Words that imitate sounds like “buzz” or “swoosh.
onomatopoeia
Exaggeration used for dramatic or humorous effect
hyperbole
A comparison used to explain something unfamiliar using something familiar.
analogy
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
personification
Carrying a sentence across multiple lines without pause.
enjambment
Repetition of similar vowel or consonant sounds in stressed syllables.
assonance/consonance
This type of imagery appeals to the sense of sight, like describing “white smoke drifting over a town.
visual imagery
When events turn out differently than expected?
situational irony
A thing that represents something larger than itself.
Symbolism
Repeating grammatical structures for emphasis.
parallelism
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
rhythm
A wordplay using multiple meanings or similar sounds.
pun
Placing contrasting ideas close together for effect.
antithesis
This type of imagery relates to sounds, such as “THUMP, THUMP, THUMP.
auditory imagery
Identify the device:
“She came, she saw, she conquered.”
anaphora
The prominence of “s” or “sh” sounds in a line of text
sibilance
This imagery appeals to physical sensations like touch, such as “her face was soft and cold.
tactile imagery
A seemingly contradictory statement that is actually true.
paradox
A figure of speech where a part represents the whole, like “all hands on deck.”
synecdoche
Identify the structure:
“He arrived, questioned, stood up, questioned again” (no conjunctions used).
asyndeton