Question

name some poetic devices and explain each one when they are used....

Answer 1

Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds usually at the beginning of words.

Bill Brown bats baseballs, Baby!
goal, show.

Rhythm
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Boom, boom, paanapest

Metaphor
A comparison of dissimilar items which lend additional meaning to the items compared.

e.g.   Life is a dream.  e.g.   She is a tower of strength.

Simile
A comparison of dissimilar items using a comparative word:
like, as, such as, than resembles
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.

Hyperbole, personification, metaphors, simile

Personification
Human characteristics attributed to non-humans.
e.g.  My car loves me.


Paradox
A seeming contradiction. Oxymoron is a paradox.
Jumbo shrimp, awfully good, poor little rich boy

Answer 2

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