Poetic Terms and Devices

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Poetic Terms and Devices
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Metaphor

• A metaphor is a stated comparison, using is or
  are
• Example He is a pig.

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Simile

• A simile is an implied comparison, using like
  or as
• Example He eats like a pig.

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Personification

• Personification is attributing human
  characteristics to a non-human thing
• Example Death lays his icy hands on her.

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Alliteration

• Alliteration is the repetition of consonant
  sounds
• Example She sells seashells on the seashore.

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Onomatopoeia

• Onomatopoeia is a poetic device in which the
  sound of a word suggests its meaning
• Example The bee buzzed.

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Hyperbole

• Hyperbole is a form of poetic exaggeration.
• Example Ive told you a million times that I
  dont exaggerate.

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Connotation

• Connotation is the associations surrounding or
  suggested by a word
• Example the word home suggests a warm,
  friendly place to live

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Denotation

• Denotation is the dictionary definition of a word
• Example the meaning of home is a place to live

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Rhyme

• Rhyme is where end sounds of words have identical
  sounds
• Example boat rhymes with goat

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