Literary Devices - Poetry unit

Front

Human-like qualities to inanimate objects

Back

personification

Front

Repeating a word or phrase for effect

Back

repetition

Front

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Back

simile

Front

Reference to someone or something famous

Back

allusion

Front

Starting multiple words with the same letter or sound

Back

alliteration

Front

Descriptive language appealing to the five senses

Back

imagery

Front

Comparison of two unlike things without 'like' or 'as'

Back

simile

Front

Object representing something greater than itself

Back

symbolism

Front

"The foxtails were as tall as skyscrapers" is an example of...

Back

simile

Front

Symbol of a four leaf clover?

Back

luck