Poetic Devices CFA

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'as brave as a lion'.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts. For example, 'The wind whispered through the trees'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Time is a thief'.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is a poetic device that uses descriptive language to create sensory experiences for the reader, appealing to sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell.

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What is assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within words in a line of poetry. For example, 'The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain'.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words. For example, 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore'.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a literary device where a word imitates the sound it represents. Examples include 'buzz', 'hiss', and 'clang'.

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What is an allusion?

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An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of literature. For example, 'He has the Midas touch' refers to King Midas from Greek mythology.

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What is a hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect. For example, 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem, often described using letters to indicate which lines rhyme.