Poetry - Figurative Language (Literary Devices)

Front

Direct representation or comparison where one thing is another

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Metaphor

Front

A device that attributes human traits to animals/objects

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Personification

Front

Poetic device in the picture?

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Alliteration

Front

Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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Simile

Front

"I told you a million times, do not exaggerate!" is an example of

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Hyperbole

Front

A mental picture using the senses.

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Imagery

Front

A word or line repeated to evoke emotion or rhythm

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Repetition

Front

Lines forming a unit in a poem, like a paragraph in an essay

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Stanza

Front

Stating one thing is another for comparison: 'He’s a sly fox.'

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metaphor

Front

Sounds imitating meanings (pop, fizz, hiss)

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onomatopoeia