poetic+devices


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ex) I've already told you a million times!
 * 1. Hyperbole**- exaggerated statement

ex) Kate kicks kids and kills kittens.
 * 2. Alliteration-** A series of words in a row with the first same consonant sound.

ex) I had a dream a precious dream Where my privilege hit the peak  For I was like a king in this dream  Thus my love started to leak
 * 3. Rhythm & Rhyme-** repeated pattern of movement & similarity of sound between words

ex) Life is a roller coaster.
 * 4. Metaphor-** relating and comparing two things that are irrelevant to each other

ex) He was as fast as a lightning bole.
 * 5) Analogy-** a comparison or similarity between two things that are somewhat different ( can be metaphors or similes)

ex) I kill for the freedom of Sparta. I kill to defend our family.  I kill to bring the god king Xerxes to his knees  I, the leader of the greatest army Greece has ever known  I am your lord, and I command respect.  ex) The wind whistled as the wave danced.
 * 6) Repetition-** the action of repeating the same word or phrase in a short passage.
 * 7) Personification-** giving human traits to non- living objects.

ex) She was known as Victoria Lady Gaga at her town.
 * 8) Allusion-** an indirect reference to a person, place or thing.

ex) His grandpa passed away last night.
 * 9) Euphemism**- substitution of an offensive term; polite way of saying something unpleasant and embarassing.

ex) He looked extremely old and weak; he had hair as white as snow, his face covered with deep and thin wrinkles.
 * 10) Imagery-** visual descriptions that describe an image vividly

ex) A lady said, as she passed an innocent child, "look at the evil kid".
 * 11) Irony-** the use of words that indicate the opposite of its literal meaning

ex) The cook added flowers to make the dough more dense.
 * 12) Malapropism-** the act of misusing words(mostly words similar in sound), by confusion.

ex) knock knock, who's there?
 * 13) Onomatopoeia-** words that sound like their objects

ex) James Dean is known as the Little Giant.
 * 14) Oxymoron -** a combination of contradictory or incongruous words

ex) Justin Beiber waited until February 30th to run a party.
 * 15) Satire-** unintentional use of exaggeration, sarcasm and humor to show the foolishness of a thing.

ex) Stop eating like a pig!
 * 16) Simile-** comparison of two things using "like" and "as

ex) The pearl in the //"The pearl"// is the symbol of human's infinite greed.
 * 17) Symbol-** things that represent or stand for something in a novel

ex) The theme of the "Identities" is that humans judge others based on their outer appearances.
 * 18) Theme-** the main message the author is trying to get across