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Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word in a sequence of nearby words.
alliteration
use of exaggeration for effect
hyperbole
What does "allusion" mean?
a reference to a literary or historical person, place, or event, or to another literary work
what poetic device is being used:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
assonance
when the rhythm or meaning of a line runs over to the next line.
enjambment
when an inanimate object or concept is given human characteristics or feelings
personification
What does "symbol" mean?
a word or an image that signifies something other than itself
what poetic device is being used:
The trees howled in the wind while the flowers danced the day away.
personification
when an object, place, or person is used to represent something with which it is closely associated.
metonymy
a comparison between two different things using "like" or "as"
simile
What does "assonance" mean?
repetition of identical or similar vowels
the boy was just sitting there like a bump on a log while his friends played a game.
simile
a phrase, line, or lines repeated at intervals during a poem, especially at the close of stanzas.
refrain
a word whose sound seems to resemble closely the sound it denotes
onomatopoeia
What does "end-stopped" mean?
when the end of a sentence or clause coincides with the end of a line, creating a logical pause at its close
I'm so hungry I could eat a cow
hyperbole
repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants, with a change in the intervening vowel.
consonance
an implied comparison between things that are essentially unalike
metaphor
what does "apostrophe" mean?
a direct address to an absent person or abstract entity
snap! crackle! pop!
onomatopoeia