Poetry

exaggeration for dramatic effect. e.g .This bag weighs a ton. The repetition of initial consonant sounds. e.g."Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers” The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words, and the flow of words. e.g. One, two, Buckle my shoe. Three, four, Shut the door. Comparing two things without like or as. e.g.Time is a thief.. a similarity between two things. e.g. You are as annoying as nails on a chalkboard.
 * Hyperbole**
 * Alliteration**
 * Rhythm & Rhyme**
 * Metaphor**
 * Analogy**

The repeating of a word. e.g. cat cat cat..... A figure of speech which endows inanimate objects with human traits or abilities. e.g. The tree waved its arms is a direct or indirect reference to a familiar figure, place or event from history, literature, mythology or the Bible. a seeming contradiction in two words put together. e.g Jumbo Shrimp. the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. e.g. You've got a prime figure. You really have, you know. Using words to create an image in the readers mind. e.g. Her blue eyes were as bright as the Sun, blue as the sky, but soft as silk. is a literary device which reveals concealed or contradictory meanings. an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially bythe confusion of words that are similar in sound. The use of words which imitate sound. e.g. Bang. Pow, Boom, A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. Comparing two things with like or as e.g. The bed was as cold as ice. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself. e.g. he dove could ba a symbol for peace he idea of a literary work abstracted from its details of language, character, and action, and cast in the form of a generalization. e.g. the prom was ocean Theme, so all the decorations had to do with the ocean.
 * Repetition**
 * Personification**
 * Allusion**
 * Oxymoron**
 * Euphemism**
 * Imagery**
 * Irony**
 * Malapropism**
 * Onomatopoeia**
 * Satire**
 * SImile**
 * Symbol**
 * Theme**