Poetic+Devices

__Hyperbole__ - a purposeful exaggeration Ex. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

__Alliteration__ - when the first sound of a word is used multiple times Ex. Patty plucked plenty of purple peanuts pills and pealed a pink pen precautiously.

__Rhythm & Rhyme__ - similar amounts of sylibles are used with rhyming (the ending sounds of two or more words are the same or very alike) Ex. When you read this rhyme, you will look at the time.

__Metaphor__ - comparing two things without using words such as "like" and "as" Ex. The sky is and endless road to heaven.

__Analogy__ - when a sentence or phrase is used to help remember something Ex. to remember the word "because" : Big elephants can always understand small elephants. Boys eat candy and usually something else.

__Repetition__ - when a word or phrase is repeated to add **rhythm** or meaning Ex. I was knock knock knockin' on heaven's door.

__Personification__ - when human like characteristics are givin to inanimate objects Ex. The wind howled. The moon smiled. The grass whispered.

__Allusion__ - a refrence to somethin incidentally, either directly or by implication Ex. The movie Evan Almighty has references to the bible about Noah building an arc.

__Oxymoron__ - saying that something is the opposite of what we would normally consider it Ex. a short skyscraper, a noisy library, a sweet sin, a horrible win, a failed success

__Euphemism__ - a mild substitution of something harsh or blunt Ex. "the man has passed away" is an euphemism for "the man died"

__Imagery__ - a very well said expanation of something, somethimes figuative Ex. The moon floated over the crystal surface of the lily pond.

__Irony__ - when what you never expect to happen, happens Ex. the fireman's house caught on fire, the policeman got arrested, the hunter became the hunted

__Malapropism__ - when the wrong word with a similar sound but different meaning is used Ex. Let us precede.

__Onomatopoeia__ - words that are meant to spell out familiar sounds Ex. boom, pow, whoosh, cuckoo

__Satire__ - the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. Ex. Scary Movie

__Simile__ - a comparison of two things using words such as "like" or "as" Ex. Her teeth shone as brightly as the sun. He was as tall as a mountain.

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">__Symbol__ - something that represents something throughout the whole poem, story, etc. Ex. a wedding ring is a symbol of a couple's love for each other

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">__Theme__ - a continuing idea or lesson that is mentioned, or hinted at, throught a poem, story, etc.