Literary Devices - Poetry unit

Giving human like qualities to inanimate objects

• simile

• repetition

• allusion

• personification

Repeating the same word or phrase for effect

• symbolism

• imagery

• repetition

• metaphor

A comparison between two things using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• imagery

A reference to someone or something famous

• alliteration

• allusion

• consonance

• denotation

Starting multiple words with the same letter or sound

• alliteration

• imagery

• allusion

• connotation

Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

• symbolism

• personification

• denotation

• imagery

A comparison between two unlike things without the use of like or as

• simile

• allusion

• metaphor

• connotation

When an object that stands for something greater than itself

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

• rhyme

• repetition

"The foxtails were as tall as skyscrapers" is an example of...

• simile

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

A four leaf clover is often a symbol of what?

• love

• energy

• green

• luck