Poetic Devices The slides that follow are poetic devices that you may find in some of the poems you read. Mrs. Donovan and Mrs. Burns.

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Poetic Devices The slides that follow are poetic devices that you may find in some of the poems you read. Mrs. Donovan and Mrs. Burns

Alliteration:  The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the begging of adjacent or closely connected words.  Example: fast and furious Peter and Paula pet the pony in Pennsylvania.

Rhyme  The sound of the word or syllable at the end of each line corresponds with that at the end of another.  Example: time, slime, mime

Rhythm  A strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound.

End Rhyme:  Rhyme of terminal syllable of lines in poetry.  Example: Mr. Brown, the circus clown puts his clothes on upside down. He wears his hat upon his toes and socks and shoes upon his nose.

Figurative Language:  Departing from a literal use of words.  Example: The toast jumped out of the toaster. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

Onomatopoeia:  The formation of a word from a sound associated with its name.  Words that sound like their meanings. In Hear the steady tick of the old hall clock, the word tick sounds like the action of the clock,  Examples: buzz, crackle, gurgle, hiss, pop, sizzle, snap, swoosh, whir, zip

Personification:  The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to something nonhuman.  Example: The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.

Free Verse:  Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular rhythm.

Hyperbole:  Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.  Examples: He weighs a ton.

Imagery:  Visually descriptive or figurative language especially in literacy work.  Examples:  Sight: Smoke mysteriously puffed out from the clown’s ears.  Sound: Tom placed his ear tightly against the wall; he could hear a faint but distinct thump thump thump.  Taste: A salty tear ran across onto her lips.  Smell: Cinnamon! That’s what wafted into his nostrils.

Metaphor/Similes:  Metaphor  A direct comparison between two unlike things, stating that one is the other or does the action of the other.  Example: He’s a zero. Example: Her fingers danced across the keyboard.  Simile  A direct comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.” Example: He’s as dumb as an ox. Example: Her eyes are like comets.

Repetition  The purposeful re-use or repeating of a phrase or word for an effect.  Example: I was so glad, so very, very glad.