10 poetic devices defination
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Simile
A comparison using like or as
Ex: Love is like a fairytale
Metaphor
A direct comparison
Ex: Love is a fairytale
Imagery
When what you read puts an image in your mind- includes smell, touch, sight etc
Ex. A blanket of water-like red silk fitted the cherry wood bed
Tone
How the author feels about what their writing about
Ex. Frustration, anger, grief
Personification
Inanimate object, person qualities
Ex. Face of the clock; Legs on a desk
Rhyme
Last word at end of sentences sounding similar
Ex. I looked in a log, and found a frog
Rhyme Scheme
Plan/pattern
Ex. ABC,ABC,ABC
Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like the thing it's describing
Ex. Boom, sizzle, pop
Hyperbole
Over-exaggeration
Ex. I'm so hungry I could eat a cow!
Oxymoron
Two clash words that make a meaning
Ex. Bittersweet
Symbol
Something representing something else
Ex. Dove represents peace
Alliteration
Words that start with the same letter
Ex. Victim and villain, violently vicious
Consonance
Repetition of similar consonant sounds inside or at ends of words
Ex. "st"
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds inside or at the ends of words
Ex. "on"