1. POETIC DEVICES

2. Alliteration repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. 1)I stood still as I stopped the sound of shoes. 2) The cold, clammy hand. EXAMPLES:

3. ALLUSION A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature. 1)Was the ticking package, wrapped with ribbon and bright paper, a Trojan gift? EXAMPLES:

4. HYPERBOLE exaggeration or overstatement. 1) Waves high as mountains broke over the reef. 2) I had to wait an eternity for the file to download. 3) I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. EXAMPLES:

5. IMAGERY language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching.

6. METAPHOR comparison of two unlike things and not using like or as 1) He is a pig. 2) You are a tulip, looking beautiful in the sunlight. 3) The cat's eyes were jewels, gleaming out of the darkness. EXAMPLES:

7. ONOMATOPOEIA word that imitates the sound it represents ( splash, wow, gush, kerplunk) 1) The burning wood crackled and hissed; now and again an owl hooted somewhere in the darkness. 2) The car creaked forward once the old engine began to wheeze reluctantly. EXAMPLES:

8. PERSONIFICATION Giving human qualities to animals or objects 1)a smiling moon 2) dancing trees 3)Time stood still. EXAMPLES:

9. SIMILE Comparison of two unlike things using like or as 1)fresh as a daisy 2) pretty as a picture 3)When the gates were opened, the mob surged forward like a burst dam. EXAMPLES:

10. SYMBOL using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. 1) Grim Reaper is a symbol for death EXAMPLES:

11. THEME General idea or insight about life that the author is trying to protray 1)don’t talk to strangers 2)Fitting in EXAMPLES:

12. MOOD/TONE is the emotional attitude the author takes towards his subject or character serious, humorous, sarcastic, funny, ironic, depressing, mysterious, EXAMPLES:

13. STANZA UNIFIED GROUP OF LINES IN POETRY VERSE LINE OF POETRY

14. One Inch Tall by Shel Silverstein If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school. The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool. A crumb of cake would be a feast And last you seven days at least, A flea would be a frightening beast If you were one inch tall. If you were only one inch tall, you'd walk beneath the door, And it would take about a month to get down to the store. A bit of fluff would be your bed, You'd swing upon a spider's thread, And wear a thimble on your head If you were one inch tall. You'd surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum. You couldn't hug your mama, you'd just have to hug her thumb. You'd run from people's feet in fright, To move a pen would take all night, (This poem took fourteen years to write-- 'Cause I'm just one inch tall). stanza verse

15. OXYMORON Putting two contradictory words together 1)Jumbo shrimp 2)Living Dead 3)Dry Ice EXAMPLES:

16. CHARACTERIZATION the method used by a writer to develop a character. 1)Describing the character’s appearance 2)Showing the character’s actions 3)Revealing the character’s thoughts 4)Having the characters speak 5)Getting reactions of others METHOD INCLUDES: