Poetic Devices
Directly compares two things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
Compares two things using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
He has a heart of gold.
What is a metaphor?
The coolness of the night
Refreshes my skin.
The stars shine so bright,
Causing me to grin.
Non-human things given human traits.
What is personification?
When words have the same ending sounds.
What is a rhyme?
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is an alliteration?
Here in your arms
is where I belong.
The beating of your heart
is like a beautiful song.
What is ABCB?
When one thing is used to represent something else.
What is a symbol?
The repetition of the same beginning sounds in a series of words.
What is alliteration?
This bag weighs a ton.
What is a hyperbole?
Upon a nice mid-spring day,
Let's take a look at Nature's way.
Breathe the scent of nice fresh air,
Feel the breeze within your hair.
What is AABB?
An exaggeration for effect.
What is a hyperbole?
Words that imitate sounds.
What is an onomatopoeia?
The rhyme scheme of this poem is
ABAB
CDCD
EFEF
GG
What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?
The sun dips low, a fiery hue,
Painting the clouds with shades of blue.
The air grows cool, a gentle breeze,
Whispering secrets through the trees.
Nightfall descends, the stars appear.
What is AABBC?
A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work an author uses to enhance a reader's understanding.
What is an allusion?
The words choice an author uses to set the tone of a poem.
So Eden sank to grief (2 answers)
What is an allusion and personification?
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
What is AABBAA?