Poetry+Devices


 * Hyperbole-SUPER MEGA EXAGGERATED EXPRESSION
 * Alliteration-continuous repetition(, repetition, repetition...)
 * Rhythm & Rhyme-(all the time) tempo and words that sound the same
 * Metaphor-compare 2 things wihtout using the words 'like' or 'as'(He was acting as if he was a duck swimming down a waterfall)
 * Analogy-partial similarity(There is no difference between us)
 * Repetition-over and over again(The record player had gotten stuck and kept saying, to no one in particular, 'need....need...need..need'
 * Personification-give an human quality to something that isn't human.(The bacon seemed to walk away)
 * Allusion-A reference to a connection in the real world.-(Jimmy read a book about the hunger games)
 * Euphemism-Nice way to say something not as nice(He's fat/He has eaten too much dinner)
 * Imagery-according to the six senses. (I had sushi, but it didn't taste as good as it used to.)
 * Irony-something knowing something that something else doesn't(You know the monster is in the closet, but she can't hear your yells, being in the TV.)
 * Malapropism-misusing a word in a sentence-("you really mussed up good;")
 * Onomatopoeia-Using a descriptive word in the context of a sound(SPLOOSH!)
 * Oxymoron-using two contradictory words in the same positive context.(He is so bad, he's good)
 * Satire-a type of parody, making fun of something else.
 * Simile-comparing with the 'use' of as and 'like'(He was like an onion on steroids)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Symbol-double meaning(He was a gold-digger in more ways than one.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Theme-the main point(the theme of the story was that death is deadly)