Poetic+Devices

A Hyperbole is an obvious exaggeration. I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.” Alliteration is when you repeat words with the same beginning letter in a phrase. “The playful penguins played poker.” Rhyme is when a group of words sound the same. It can be at the end of a phrase or in the middle. Rhythm is having the same number of beats or syllables in each phrase. The itsy, bitsy spider climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. A metaphor is when you compare things that do not actually relate to each other. “Life is a dance.” A comparison of like things. A cow is to milk as a chicken is to eggs. When a word is repeated in a poetic line. "For the rain, for the thunder, for the clouds, for the sky.” A personification is when you give verbs to inanimate objects that only humans can do. "The cloud tumbled in the sky."  An allusion is when a poem has a reference to a story or historical event. “Olivia was a scrooge because she hated spending money on other people.”  A euphemism is when you change a word or words for a less offensive term. “The dog passed away.” is “The dog died.”  Imagery is when an author shows you something in their writing with description instead of telling you something.  "The dark tropical night was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht” Irony is when you express something like the opposite of the literal meaning of a word or phrase. “The tallest man in the world has the nickname Tiny.” A Malapropism is when you purposely misuse a word with a similar sound. "Eehjoe has really plummeted to the top." Onomatopoeia is when a word is used as a representation of a sound. “Ding dong! the doorbell rang.” An Oxymoron is when two words that contradict each other are put together. “A calm storm.” A Satire is when you use irony or sarcasm. “I love to learn about poetic devices." ** 16) Simile :** A simile is when you compare two things with “like” or “as” “The snow was like a white sheet covering the ground.”  A symbol is something in a poem or story that means something more that it actually is. “She always wore the necklace he gave her when he was away.” The necklace symbolizes her love for him.  The theme is the plot, or moral of a story or poem. The theme of Identities is that people are stereotyped on their appearance and wealth.
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 * 4) Metaphor :**
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 * 7) Personification :**
 * 8) Allusion :**
 * 9) Euphemism :**
 * 10) Imagery :**
 * 11) Irony :**
 * 12) Malapropism :**
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 * 14) Oxymoron :**
 * 15) Satire :**
 * 17) Symbol :**
 * 18) Theme :**