Poetic Device Review for Test

The repetition of beginning consonant sound 

• Consonance
• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Vivid Word Choice

Words used exaggerate to emphasize a point or make something sound much more dramatic

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Consonance

Words that imitate a sound

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Giving objects or animals human qualities

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Assonance

Lines or words that are repeated (because they are important)

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Personification

Compares two things using “like” or “as” (used to describe someone or something)

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

What is symbolism in literature?

• Something that is used to represent an idea or quality.

• A picture that means exactly what it is.

• A symbol.

In a story, what could a storm symbolize?

• love

• happiness

• danger

• luck

What does this symbol represent?

• Peace
• Love
• Anger
• A flower

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor