9-2 Literary & Poetic Devices

a play on words based on their double meaning, or two words that sound similar but have different meanings used together.

• anaphora

• pun

• parallel structure

• repetition

to exaggerate for emphasis

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

direct comparison between two unlike things

• simile

• metaphor

• anaphora

• idiom

comparison between two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• parallel structure

repetition of BEGINNING sound in multiple words close together

• repetition

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

giving human traits to something not human

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

• assonance

the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of lines, phrases, or sentences

• assonance

• repetition

• alliteration

• anaphora

Word written to communicate the sound it makes

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• consonance

repetition of same consonant sound WITHIN words close together (pitter, patter, past)

• alliteration

• couplet

• consonance

• assonance

A mild, indirect, or less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant or embarrassing (ex. he passed away, instead of he died)

• euphemism

• allusion

• idiom

• personification