Poetic Devices

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Poetic Devices

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery

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Simile

• a comparison between two objects USING the words
  like or as
• Note You cant use as twice (as big as a
  house)

• Ex Her eyes are like twinkling stars.

Hes quick as the wind.
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Metaphor

• a comparison between two objects NOT using the
  words like or as
• Ex You aint nothing but a hound dog crying all
  the time

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Imagery

• words that create a picture in your mind
• (Appeals to the five senses)
• Ex The soft, warm, cuddly, ball of fur was
  purring in my arms