Poetic Devices and Figurative Language

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

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alliteration

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Repetition of interior vowel sounds: “Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese."

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assonance

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Repetition of interior consonant sounds: “The fickle kicker chuckled as he clunked the ball down.”

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consonance

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Words that show sound: Snap! Crackle! Pop!

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onomatopoeia

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Repeating a word, phrase, or line for emphasis.

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repetition

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Use of the word like or as to create a comparison between two things: “My love is like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June” (Robert Burns).

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simile

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Giving an object human traits or characteristics, often to create imagery: The daisies danced in the breeze.

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personification

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Extreme exaggeration: “I'm so tired, I could sleep for a week!”

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hyperbole

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A group of lines in a poem.

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stanza

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The comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as" is called a

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metaphor