Poetic Devices

Definition for Rhyme

• Sound words

• words that end in the same sound

• the pattern of rhymes

Definition for Repetition

• a comparison of two different things. Doesn't use like or as

• to repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem

• the musical quality of a poem

Definition for Imagery

• creates a picture in the reader's mind

• the attitude or mood the author creates

• sound words

Definition for Rhyme Scheme

• a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• the attitude or mood the author creates

• the pattern of rhymes

Definition for Hyperbole

• a deliberate exaggeration

• the musical quality of a poem

• creates a picture in the reader's mind

Definition for Personification

• the musical quality of a poem

• giving things that are not human, the personalities or actions of humans

• the pattern of rhymes

Definition for Stanza

• a group of lines in a poem

• the pattern of rhymes

• creates a picture in the reader's mind

Definition for Simile

• the pattern or rhymes

• a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• a division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains

Definition for Metaphor

• a comparison of two different things. Doesn't use like or as

• words that end in the same sound

• sound words

definition for Alliteration

• the musical quality of a poem

• The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words.

• a deliberate exaggeration

• sound words