Literary Devices

Words spelled the way they sound

• Onomatopoeia

• Onamatapia

A direct representation or a comparison where one thing is another, its NOT a simile.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia

A device that gives human attributes to animals and objects

• Personification
• Imagery

What poetic device is used in this picture?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as", its NOT a metaphor.

• Simile
• Metaphor

An exaggeration, " I have 5 billion dollars"

• Hyperbole
• Hyperbully
• Hiperbolie

A mental picture described using sight, smell, taste, hearing, or touch.

• Imagery
• Image
• Imagination

A word or line repeated to evoke an emotion or contain rhythm

• Simile

• Repetition

Words that sound the same:
Cat / Hat
Fire / Desire
Fake / Steak
Pitter / Patter

• Rhyme
• Onomatopoeia

The _____________________ meaning of words does not mean what it said.
It can be connotation or the feeling / idea we give a word.

• Literal
• Figurative