Poetic Devices

Dove = Peace would be an example of...

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• symbolism

'This house is as clean as a whistle,' is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

A word the imitates the natural sound of a thing

• alliteration

• repetition

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Deliberate repetition of consonant sounds

• assonance

• alliteration

• dissonance

• onomatopoeia

It is an open secret now.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

The Sun strolled across the sky.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

“Our life is like a thorny rose

Not perfect, but always beautiful.”

• Simile

• Euphony

• Cacophony

• Rhyme

repetition of the same sounds in a group of words; usually the same first letter for a bunch of words in a row.

• repetition

• rhyme

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Your explanation is as clear as mud.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

By saying, "she is a walking dictionary" you would be using a...

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• extended metaphor

• simile