Literary Devices

Front

Words spelled as they sound

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

Direct representation or comparison where one thing is another

Back

Metaphor

Front

Device giving human traits to animals/objects

Back

Personification

Front

Poetic device in the picture?

Back

Alliteration

Front

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

Back

Simile

Front

"I told you a million times, do not exaggerate!" is an example of

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Hyperbole

Front

A mental picture using the senses.

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Imagery

Front

A word or line repeated to evoke emotion or rhythm

Back

Repetition

Front

Lines forming a unit in a poem, like a paragraph in an essay

Back

Stanza

Front

Words that sound the same: Cat/Hat, Fire/Desire, Fake/Steak, Pitter/Patter

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Rhyme