Poetic+devices


 * Find definitions and at least one example of the following poetic devices.**

ex. //he is a lion in battle. Romeo: Juliet is the sun!//
 * 1.Hyperbole **
 * < A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in //I could sleep for a year// or //This book weighs a ton// ||
 * 2.Alliteration **
 * < The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables, as in "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences" (Hart Crane). ||
 * 3.Rhythm & Rhyme **
 * < The patterned, recurring alternations of contrasting elements of sound or speech. ||
 * < Correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse. (while is a rhyme for ``mile) ||
 * 4.Metaphor **a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it does not literally denote in order to imply a resemblance.

I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody too? Then there's a pair of us-don't tell! They'd banish us you know. How dreary to be somebody! how public, like a frog. To tell your name livelong day To an admiring bog!
 * 5.Analogy **
 * < Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar. ||
 * 6.Repetition ** the act of __ [|repeating] __; __ [|repeated] __ action, performance, production, or presentation. ex.

A trope or figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities. The wind stood up and gave a shout. He whistled on his fingers and Kicked the withered leaves about And thumped the branches with his hand And said he'd kill and kill and kill, And so he will! And so he will! (James Stephens, "The Wind")
 * 7.Personification **

A direct or indirect reference to something historical, literary, religious, or mythical. The author usually uses references that will be understood by his or her audience, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. You can also make allusions to pop culture. ex. My rep grows like **the nose of Pinocchio**, Just because I’ve mastered the art of braggadocio.” //-Akrobatik//
 * 8.Allusion **

The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit. Contrast with dysphemism. ex. Mr. Prince: We'll see you when you get back from image enhancement camp. Martin Prince: Spare me your euphemisms! It's fat camp, for Daddy's chubby little secret! ("Kamp Krusty," The Simpsons, 1992)
 * 9.Euphemism **

Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste). Sometimes imagery is also used to refer to figurative language, in particular metaphors and similes. ex. Gustatory (Taste) Imagery I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox
 * 10.Imagery **

and which you were probably saving for breakfast

Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold (William Carlos Williams, "This Is Just to Say") The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. ex. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room." (Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley in Dr. Strangelove, 1964)
 * 11.Irony **

Absurd or humorous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound. ex. "Well I try to look at the bright side. I guess you could say I'm an internal optometrist." (Steve Carell as Barry in Dinner for Schmucks, 2010)
 * 12.Malapropism **

The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. ex. "Brrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinng! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room." (Richard Wright, Native Son, 1940)
 * 13.Onomatopoeia **

A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side; a compressed paradox. ex. "Ralph, if you're gonna be a phony, you might as well be a real phony." (Richard Yates, "Saying Goodbye to Sally." The Collected Stories of Richard Yates. Picador, 2002)
 * 14.Oxymoron **

A text or performance that uses irony, derision, or wit to expose or attack human vice, foolishness, or stupidity. ex. The Water Cooler
 * 15.Satire **

A figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by like or as. ex. "Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong." (slogan of Pan-American Coffee Bureau)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">16.Simile **

A person, place, action, word, or thing that represents something other than itself. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ex. A flag is a symbol of a country. A country can have more than one symbol. For instance, an eagle is a symbol of the U.S., and the maple leaf is a symbol of Canada.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">17.Symbol **

The main idea of a text, expressed directly or indirectly. ex. Anyway, the theme of Charlotte's Web is that a pig shall be saved, and I have an idea that somewhere deep inside me there was a wish to that effect."
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">18.Theme **