Poetic Devices

Imagery

• The representation of a visual image.

• The descriptive language we can visualize. It includes the 5 senses.

• When the spoken word of different characters is included in the text, usually in quotations.

• The representation of something you hear

Enjambment

• When language expresses ideas that are not ACTUALLY true. Metaphors, similes, and personification are all figurative language.

• The way that a poem uses periods, commas, dashes, question marks, or exclamation points.

• Comparing one thing to another WITHOUT using "like" or "as."

• When one sentence of a poem flows over multiple lines.

Allusions

• When a poem refers to a famous person, place, or thing.

• Comparing one thing to another using "like" or "as."

• A visual image.

• The descriptive language we can visualize. It includes the 5 senses.

Simile

• Comparing one thing to another WITHOUT using "like" or "as."

• When a poem refers to a famous person, place, or thing.

• Comparing one thing to another using "like" or "as."

• A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph.

Stanza

• A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph.

• A row of words in a poem. They can be short or long.

• The way that a poem uses periods, commas, dashes, question marks, or exclamation points.

Figurative Language

• similes

• When language expresses ideas that are not ACTUALLY true. Metaphors, similes, and personification are all figurative language.

• metaphor

• personification

Personification

• When a poem refers to a famous person, place, or thing.

• Comparing one thing to another WITHOUT using "like" or "as."

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• The descriptive language we can visualize. It includes the 5 senses.

Line

• The way that a poem uses periods, commas, dashes, question marks, or exclamation points.

• When one sentence of a poem flows over multiple lines.

• A row of words in a poem. They can be short or long.

• A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph.

Rhyme

• When a word or phrase repeats throughout the poem. This adds RHYTHM and EMPHASIS.

• When the lines of a poem are placed in an interesting shape, instead of just in the normal poem shape.

• When two words have the same vowel sounds.

• When words are used to represent sounds.

Rhyme Scheme

• Rhyme

• Characters that have a slight slant, characters that are italicized. This creates EMPHASIS.

• When a word or phrase repeats throughout the poem. This adds RHYTHM and EMPHASIS.

• When the spoken word of different characters is included in the text, usually in quotations.