Poetic+Devices


 * 1) Hyperbole- An extreme exaggeration. Ex; I'm starving!
 * 2) Alliteration- The repetition of a sound at the beginning of many words in a phrase. Ex; The tower topples toward the town.
 * 3) Rhythm & Rhyme- Rhyme: A pattern or words that have similar sounds. Rhythm: It has pattern, a uniform recurrence. Ex; This old man, he played two, e played nicknack on my shoe.
 * 4) Metaphor- Comparing two seemingly unlike objects to aid in creating imagery without using like or as. Ex; Her eyes were pools of water.
 * 5) Analogy- A similarity between two objects with like features. Ex; The brain and a machine.
 * 6) Repetition- The act of repeating something; doing it over and over. Ex; Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
 * 7) Personification- Giving non human objects, human qualities. Ex; The trees danced in the wind.
 * 8) Allusion- A brief or casual reference to a person, event, or place, real of made up, or to some work of art. Ex; Stephan Vincent Benet's story "//By the Waters of Babylon//" contains a direct reference
 * 9) Euphemism- a more agreeable way to say something potentially "not so nice". Ex; He shuffled off his mortal coil.
 * 10) Imagery- Writing that helps give you a mental image; very descriptive writing. Ex; The cat streaked through night as the wind howled, cutting through the complete darkness like a knife. The tall building creating great walls all around.
 * 11) Irony-
 * 12) Malapropism-
 * 13) Onomatopoeia-
 * 14) Oxymoron-
 * 15) Satire-
 * 16) Simile-
 * 17) Symbol-
 * 18) Theme-