Poetic Devices

Alliteration is....

• writing a letter to a friend.

• using the same sound over and over again.

• dropping rubbish in the playground.

• words that have the same ending sound.

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Imagery is......

• a photo.

• when you imagine.

• words that are used to create a picture in your mind.

• the things you see out the window.

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A metaphor is...

• comparing 2 things without using "like" or "as".

• a kind of train.

• words that start with the same letter.

• saying how things are different.

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Rhyme is......

• a story you tell little kids.

• using words that have the same ending sound.

• when things are very slow.

• using the same words all the time.

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Hyperbole is.....

• using the same sounding words at the end of a line.

• a ride at Dreamworld.

• a tongue twister.

• an exaggeration.

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Onomatopoeia is.......

• a word that sounds lilke the word it represents.

• repeating a word over and over again.

• comparing two things.

• where a cat sits.

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Personification is.....

• a person in a poem.

• comparing two things.

• a paragraph in a poem.

• giving human feelings or actions to something that is not alive.

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A simile is.....

• what you do when you're happy.

• comparing two things using "like" or "as".

• an exaggeration.

• a word that is like a sound.

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A stanza is......

• the title of the poem.

• the end of the poem

• a paragraph in a poem.

• when you stand and read a poem.

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Lyrics are.....

• musical instruments.

• poems with no rhyme.

• the words of a song.

• a new band.

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