Figurative Language/Poetic Devices

comparison of two or more things not using "like" or "as"

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

repeating the same starting sounds of words

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

exaggeration for effect

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

a regular pattern of stresses, like a beat

• rhythm
• repetition
• rhyme
• enjambment

when a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize

• rhythm
• repetition
• rhyme
• enjambment

who two words share the same final sound

• rhythm
• repetition
• rhyme
• enjambment

when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines

• rhythm
• repetition
• rhyme
• enjambment

giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• imagery
• irony

when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• imagery
• irony