Poetic Techniques

This is when a word sounds like the noise it makes. Snap! Crackle! Pop! Using this device really brings your writing to life.

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Symbolism

This is a figure of speech in which a writer describes something by comparing it to something else.  The words ‘as’ or ‘like’ will be a big clue.  

• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Symbolism

This word describes groups of lines in a poem.  Sometimes, it’s called a verse.

• Chapter
• Verse
• Stanza
• Page

This word describes the beat of a poem.  

• Rhythm
• Rhyme
• Music

This is when a word or idea appears more than once

• Simile
• Personification
• Imagery
• Repetition

This is when an inanimate object is given human qualities

• Symbolism
• Personification
• Metaphor

This is when words begin with the same sound or letters. 

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Stanza
• Adjective