Literary Devices
The comparison of two things using like or as
Simile
My love is like a red, red rose.
simile
The repetition of sounds at the end of a word.
rhyme
Most famous poem is "The Raven." Known for morbid themes in both his poetry and his fiction.
Edgar Allan Poe
A piece of writing that describes and important period from the writer's life and how the event impacted the writer.
Memoir
Deliberate use of extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
He cried out as loudly as nine or ten thousand men.
hyperbole
A group of lines in a poem.
Stanza
Also known as "The Bard." Wrote over 150 sonnets in a style named after him.
William Shakespeare
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite
Irony
Personification
Two sunflowers move in a yellow room
personification
A poem without a specific pattern of rhyme or meter.
Free verse
Known as the first true "American" poet. Wrote long lines celebrating freedom and individuality.
Walt Whitman
The three methods of persuasion described by Aristotle. In Greek, please.
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison
metaphor
Twas in the bleak December that distinctly I remember.
alliteration
A 14-line poem with ten syllables per line and a specific rhyme scheme.
sonnet
An introvert known for experimenting with language. Often used nature metaphors in her poetry.
Emily Dickinson
a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
Allusion
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
petals on a wet black bough
metaphor
A poem in with a specific rhyme scheme in which the first and third lines of the opening stanza are repeated in alternating stanzas.
Villanelle
Celebrated African-American culture in his poems. Notable for use of dialect and blues in his work.
Langston Hughes
In writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect.
Anaphora