Literary Devices

Front

Feelings or meanings conveyed in the poem

Back

Tone

Front

Grouping of two or more lines in a poem by length, meter, or rhyme.

Back

Stanza

Front

Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Back

Simile

Front

Comparison of unlike things without 'like' or 'as'.

Back

Metaphor

Front

Giving human traits to animals or objects

Back

Personification

Front

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words

Back

Alliteration

Front

Repetition of a vowel sound

Back

Assonance

Front

Overstatement or exaggeration

Back

Hyperbole

Front

An object or idea that represents something else.

Back

Symbol

Front

Words that imitate sound

Back

Onomatopoeia