Poetic Devices - 7th

the comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”

• Simile

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Imagery

1. A direct comparison of a thing or idea

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• assonance

(a)   is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words

• (a)   is the figurative meaning or feeling of a word ex. house vs. home

an object or action that stands for something beyond itself

• allusion

• connotation

• imagery

• symbolism

when an idea or object is given human attributes and/or feelings as if it were human

• alliteration

• personification

• assonance

• symbolism

(a)   is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (such as “Mary baked more muffins than any other mom.”)

or mood change is called the volta (which is Italian for turn) and indicates a change in emotion or thought.

• imagery

• stanza

• line

• shift

the feeling(s) and atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader

• mood

• shift

• alliteration

• rhyme

repetition in vowel sounds in words that don’t end with the same consonant (such as “I aim to play the main game.”)

• rhyme

• alliteration

• repetition

• assonance