Poetry - Figurative Language (Literary Devices)

A device that gives human attributes to animals and objects

• Juxtaposition
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Imagery

A mental picture described using sight, smell, taste, hearing, or touch.

• Imagery
• Image
• Imagination
• Imagerie

Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.

• Allusion
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• Simile
• Simie
• Smile
• Similie

A direct representation or a comparison where one thing is another

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia
• Pun

The baby was as snug as a bug in a rug.

• Allusion
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

An emerald is as green as grass,
A ruby red as blood;
A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;
A flint lies in the mud.

• Allusion
• Simile
• Personification
• Foreshadowing

A word or line repeated to evoke an emotion or contain rhythm

• Repitition
• Repetion
• Repetition
• Repiteteion

This quiz is a piece of cake.

• Allusion
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

"The storm screamed in the night" is an example of: 

• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Personification
• Repetition