Poetic Devices
A device used to compare two items. Often uses the terms “like” or “as”
Simile
Straight
Line
"She is 1000 times taller than him"
Hyperbole
5,7,5
Haiku poem
Beginning each word with the same letter
Alliteration
A thought that is not quite finished yet...
Verse
OUCH, OUCH, OUCH
Repetition
Down & to the side
Acrostic poem
A device used that gives human characteristics to an animal or object
Personification
I am also known as the paragraph of a poem
Stanza
The stars danced joyfully in the sky
Personification
Many languages use this word to describe the number 5
Cinquain poem
A figure of speech
Metaphor
Rhythm/rhythm scheme
Apples are an amazing alternative
Alliteration
A very concise story
Narrative poem
Formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Onomatopoeia
Happy, sad, exciting, inspirational
Tone
The snake "hissed" while slithering through the grass
Onomatopoeia
It originated in Japan
Haiku poem