Little Red Poetic Writing Techniques Review

A writing technique that compares two unlike things using the words like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

A writing technique that gives objects or animals human characteristics or abilities

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• allusion

• personification

A writing technique where an author has something happen that is unexpected or the opposite of what would be expected

• situational irony

• allusion

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

A writing technique where an author uses words that imitate sounds

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• metaphor

A writing technique where a writer uses adjectives to create words pictures in writing or to "show instead of tell"

• hyperbole

• allusion

• symbolism

• imagery

A writing technique where a writer uses the same beginning sound in two or more words

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• alliteration

• allusion

A writing technique where an author uses something or someone to stand for or represent an idea

• symbolism

• situational irony

• allusion

• hyperbole

A writing technique where an author gives readers clues or hints about what will happen later

• allusion

• situational irony

• foreshadowing

• imagery

A writing technique where an author uses words at the end of lines that have the same ending sound

• alliteration

• rhyme scheme

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

A writing technique where an author uses an extreme or impossible exaggeration for emphasis or humor

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• hyperbole