1. Major Poetic Devices and YOU! Pre-work for LCC 8

2. Alliteration The repetition of initial consonant sounds EX: Chickity China The Chinese Chicken ~One Week by BNL.

3. Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds. EX: Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while, But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it. ~2AM by Ana Nalick

4. Hyperbole an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally. EX: “ A thousand miles seems pretty far but they've got planes and trains and cars id walk to you if I had no other way our friends would all make fun of us and we'll just laugh along because we know that none of them have felt this way Delilah I can promise you that by the time that we get through the world will never ever be the same and you’re to blame” ~Hey There Dahlia Plain White T

5. Imagery Words of phrases that appeal to any or any combination of senses. EX: “On a cold winter morning, in the time before the light In flames of death's eternal reign we ride towards the fight When the darkness has fallen down, and the times are tough all right The sound of evil laughter falls around the world tonight” ~ Dragon Force

6. Extended Metaphor A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving a clearer meaning to one of them. Often forms of the verb “to be” are used. An extended metaphor often goes on for more than one line in the poem. EX: “I guess he's an Xbox and I'm more Atari,” ~ Forget You by Cee Lo Green

7. Meter The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

8. Onomatopoeia The use of words which imitate sounds EX: “Keep it up, keep it up, don't be a, hey Madonna, uh You gotta get in line, hop Tick tock tick tock tick tock” ~ 4 Minutes by Madonna

9. Personification Endows animals, ideas, or inanimate objects with human traits or abilities. EX: “Let’s start over I'll try to do it right this time around It’s not over Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground This love is killing me But you’re the only one” ~Daughtry It’s Not Over

10. Point of View The author’s point of view concentrates on the vantage point of the speaker or “teller” of the story or poem. Types of PoV 1 st the speaker is a character in the poem his/her perspective (uses I or me) 3 rd person limited speaker not part of the story, but tells about the other characters while limiting information about one character sees and feels 3 rd person omniscient speaker not part of the story but is able to “know” and describe what characters are thinking

11. Repetition The repeating of words, phrases, lines or stanzas EX:” Just dance, gonna be okay, da da doo- doo-mmm Just dance, spin that record babe, da da doo- doo-mmm Just dance, gonna be okay, d-d-d-dance Dance, dance, just, j-j-just dance” ~Lady GaGa Just Dance

12. Rhyme & Rhyme Scheme The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words The sequence in which the rhyme occurs. The first end sound is represented as the letter “a” the second “b” etc INTERNAL RHYME—OCCURS WITHIN A LINE OF POETRY END RHYME—OCCURS AT THE END OF LINES EX “Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn’t it a pity Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city All around, people looking half dead Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head” ~Summer in the City by Joe Jackson

13. Simile A comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as “like” “as” or “than” EX: “She's pretty as a field of daisies She's sweeter than watermelon wine Way hotter than the Alabama asphalt And when I get her in these arms of mine Lord have mercy I love her kisses Man I can't get enough Kinda like chicken and biscuits” ~Ford Colt Chicken & Biscuits.

14. Stanza A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length metrical form or rhyme scheme. EX: “ Hey soul sister, ain't that Mr. Mister on the radio, stereo, the way you move ain't fair, you know! Hey soul sister, I don't want to miss a single thing you do...tonight Hey, hey,hey Just in time, I'm so glad you have a one-track mind like me You gave my life direction, a game show love connection we can't deny I'm so obsessed, my heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest I believe in you, like a virgin, you're Madonna, and I'm always gonna wanna blow your mind Hey soul sister, ain't that Mr. Mister on the radio, stereo, the way you move ain't fair, you know! Hey soul sister, I don't want to miss a single thing you do...tonight” ~Train, Hey, Soul Sister

15. Symbolism Using an object or situation to represent a higher idea or ideal. EX: “ Welcome to the jungle It gets worse here everyday Ya learn ta live like an animal In the jungle where we play If you got a hunger for what you see You'll take it eventually You can have anything you want But you better not take it from me” ~Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N Roses

16. Practice Go back through the examples and see if some of the examples have more than one type of figurative language in them. OR THINK OF YOUR OWN FAVORITE SONG LYRICS AND WRITE THE TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN IT! (MUST HAVE ATLEAST THREE TYPES)