Poetic+Devices


 * //__Poetic Devices__//**

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**Hyperbole:** an extreme exaggeration "I had to wait for eternity to get in to see the dentist without an appointment."

**Alliteration:** When you repeat the first consonant sound from a word and then follow with words starting with the same sound. "An arrogant apple ate awful asparagus."

**Rhythm & Rhyme:** words that sound similar (usually the first vowel sound are the same) "cream, deem, meme, fiend."

**Metaphor:** used to compare two things who are unlike by saying one thing is another. "Like" or "as" can not be used. "He has a heart of gold."

**Analogy:** A comparison using two things that are not comparable and adding a second pair to put them into context. "I am to winter as a rabbit is to carrots."

**Repetition:** When a word, phrase, line, or sound that is repeated to add to a story. Usually the base of all poems.

"I see the blood in your eyes I see the love in disguise I see the pain hidden in your pride I see you're not satisfied And I don't see nobody else <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">I see myself, I'm lookin at the

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Mirror on the wall."

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">"Mirror" <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Artist: Lil Wayne f/ Bruno Mars Album: <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Album: Tha Carter IV

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Personification:** When an object or animal is given human qualities. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">"The snack that smiles back." -Goldfish cracker jingle.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Allusion:** A brief reference to a famous work of art, person, place, or event in history, geography, or fantasy.

"Family Guy's episode titled "Saving Private Brian"

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Euphemism:** When someone replaces an generally offensive term with one that is potentially less offensive or to avoid revealing something they don't want someone else to know. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">"Dr. House: I'm busy. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Thirteen: We need you to . . . <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Dr. House: Actually, as you can see, I'm not busy. It's just a euphemism for "get the hell out of here." <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">("Dying Changes Everything," //House, M.D.//)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Imagery:** words of phrases that convey a sensation to evoke the senses (hearing, sight, etc.) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">"The prestigious autumn forest reflected calmly in the blue crystal lake."

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Irony:** Words that mean the opposite of what was intended. Usually used in comedies. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">"... they have a rat infestation on the Sanitation Department. "

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Malapropism:** the act of using words in ways not intended or over misusing a word and instead using a similar sounding one. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">"Listen to the blabbing brook." //Norm Crosby//

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">//**Onomatopoeia:** The use of words in a way that makes them sound effects// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">//The raven crowed and squawked at me."//

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Oxymoron:** two extreme opposites, usually ironic. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">"Military intelligence"

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Satire:** a term used to make fun of the subject it is directed at. A satire is not to be funny but instead its purpose is to arouse contempt. The term "super cereal" which is a term I actually use on a daily basis because I found it very funny at the time and started using it in everyday speech (on purpose.)

"Super cereal" from South Park's ManBearPig: []

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Simile:** a comparison of two unlike things often using like or as. "As common as dirt."

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Symbol:** a symbolic word, object, phrase, character, etc that has a deeper meaning than its original context. The "silver bullet" is a symbol of something that can kill our worst fears (werewolves and vampires in the case of fiction and fantasy.)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Theme:** is the underlying message or general idea of the story, often the entire book is a metaphor of an aspect of human nature. "The theme of "The Portable Phonograph" is, that greed will always be our downfall and we never learn from our mistakes. We just keep repeating the same ones with the same poor results.