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Poetic Devices
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Literal Language: the ordinary language of everyday speech that states facts or ideas directly
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Figurative Language: language used for descriptive effect “SHOW vs. tell”
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Imagery: Definition The collection of sensory images (smell, taste, touch, sound, sight) in a poem or another work of literature
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Types of Images 1. Auditory (sound) 2. Gustatory (taste) 3. Olfactory (smell) 4. Tactile (touch) 5. Visual (sight)
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Imagery: Example “Blue waves whitened on a cliff” What sense is appealed to in this example?_______
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Imagery: Your own example The bunny _________________________ _________________________ ____________________. What sense is appealed to in your description?_________
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Alliteration: Definition The repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginnings of words
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Alliteration: Example “Slowly, silently, now the moon / Walks the night in her silver shoon.” (from “Silver,” by Walter de la Mare)
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Alliteration: Your own example Make up an alliterative statement based on your name: __________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________
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Hyperbole: Definition A great exaggeration for effect
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Hyperbole: Example “I’ve told you a million times today to clean your room!”
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Hyperbole: Your own example My brother or sister is a _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _____________.
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Onomatopoeia: Definition A word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes
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Onomatopoeia: Examples Buzz Ring Crow
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Onomatopoeia: Your own examples List your own examples: _____________
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Personification: Definition A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is described as having human form or characteristics
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Personification: Example “ The rainbow danced across the sky.”
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Personification: Your own example “The clock _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _________.”
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Symbol: Definition Something that stands for something else
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Symbol: Example A lion symbolizes _____________ Two roads symbolize ______________
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Symbol: Your own example Come up with another common symbol and what it stands for: _______________________ _______________________ _______________________
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Simile: Definition A figure of speech that directly compares two seemingly unlike things by using a word such as “like” or “as”
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Simile: Example “His face was creased like an often-read letter.”
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Simile: Your own example His eyes darted around like _____________________ _____________________ ____________________.
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Metaphor: Definition A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two seemingly unlike things (without using “like” or “as”)
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Metaphor: Example He was a lion on the battlefield.
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Metaphor: Your own example School is _______________________ _______________________ ____________________.
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