Poetic+Devices

__Hyperbole__ excessive exaggeration __Alliteration__ repetition of a starting sound of a word __Rhythm & Rhyme__ rhythm and rhyme create a sense of pace in a poem __Metaphor__ The comparison of two unlike things.  __Analogy__ something that you think of when you see or hear an metaphor __Repetition__ The repeating of a word two give it more meaning.  __Personification__ giving qualities of humans to non-human things __Allusion__ A reference two something else.  __Oxymoron__ two words or phrases that make no sense together. __Euphemism__ Substituting a word with a different word that has a less negative connotation.  __Imagery__ creating an image by using descriptive words __Irony__  __Malapropism__ using a different word to make a completely different meaning __Onomatopoeia__ a word that is spelled as its sound __Satire__ Used to make fun of something, criticism.  __SImile__ a comparison using like or as <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">__Symbol__ using a symbol for a word <span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">__Theme__ the meaning of a poem or story