POETIC DEVICES
A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO THINGS USING THE WORDS LIKE OR AS
WHAT IS A SIMILE?
THE BOAT CRIED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE 20 EXTRA PASSENGERS.
WHAT IS PERSONIFICATION?
AND SWEETEST - IN THE GALE - IS HEARD - A
AND SORE MUST BE THE STORM - B
THAT COULD ABASH A LITTLE BIRD - A
THAT KEPT SO MANY WARM - B
WHAT IS RHYME SCHEME?
A PART OF A POEM CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE LINES ARRANGED TOGETHER AS A UNIT
WHAT IS A STANZA?
THE USE OF REPETITION OF THE SAME WORDS AT THE BEGINNING OF SENTENCES.
HER ANGER WAS A BALL OF FIRE
WHAT IS A METAPHOR?
MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED, RED ROSE
WHAT IS A SIMILE?
THE REPETITION OF SIMILAR SOUNDS IN THE FINAL STRESSED SYLLABLES OF TWO OR MORE WORDS
WHAT IS RHYME?
A DIRECT COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO THINGS
WHAT IS A METAPHOR?
WHAT IS EPISTROPHE?
I HAVE A DREAM THAT MY FOUR LITTLE GIRLS. . . I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY IN ALABAMA . . . I HAVE A DREAM TODAY
WHAT IS ANAPHORA?
A REFERENCE TO SOMETHING IN LITERATURE OR HISTORY
WHAT IS AN ALLUSION?
GIVING HUMAN QUALITIES TO NON-HUMAN THINGS
WHAT IS PERSONIFICATION?
FIVE SCORES YEARS AGO, A AMERICAN IN WHOSE SYMBOLIC SHADOW WE STAND . . . SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
WHAT IS ALLUSION?
WE'VE COME TO OUR NATION'S CAPITAL TO CASH A CHECK
AN EXAGGERATED STATEMENT USED TO HEIGHTEN THE EFFECT OF AN IDEA
WHAT IS HYPERBOLE?