1. Poetry
Figures of Speech- Tools that help to create images in a reader’s mind to help him understand a person or an idea
Devices of Sound- Language tools that poets use to help their writing sound “cool”… also used to help highlight important ideas

2. Simile Figure of speech A direct comparison using like or as
Example: Your nose is LIKE a button
Example from a song:

3. Metaphor Figure of speech An implied/indirect comparison
Example: Her eyes were a clear, blue sky
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4. Personification Figure of speech
Human qualities attributed to inanimate objects or animals
Words used to make something that is NOT real SEEM real or alive
Example: The wind bellowed
Example from a song:

5. Hyperbole Figure of speech
An extreme exaggeration to attain desired effect
Example: My dad had a cow when he saw my grades
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6. Imagery
Use of sensory information to create mental pictures which reinforce common themes
Sight, sound, smell, touch, taste
Often occurs in groups- image clusters
Example: Color imagery, Religious imagery
Example from a song:

7. Symbolism
The use of a concrete object, name, place, event or character to represent an abstract idea
Example: Red rose= love
River= a journey
Example from a song:

8. Irony When the opposite of what’s expected occurs
Example: You can’t get a job because you have TOO much education
Example from a song:
UGH!

9. Onomatopoeia Device of sound
a word which sounds like the sound it describes
Example: Buzz, honk, tweet

10. Assonance Device of sound a repetition of a vowel sound
Example: My words like silent raindrops fell
Repetition of long “I” sound

11. Consonance Device of sound a repetition of a consonant sound
Example: Rubber baby buggy bumpers
Repetition of “B” sound

12. Alliteration Device of sound
a repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words
Example: Tangled trail of tears
Repetition of “T” sound

13. Rhyme Device of sound a correspondence of sound
Example: the cat in the hat ate a rat on a mat

14. We can use these sound devices and their natural stressed
syllables, lack of stress syllables, and pauses to create
rhythm in poetry… one of which is
Iambic Pentameter
* The most common verse line in English poetry. It consists of five verse feet, with each foot an iamb-that is, an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Shakespeare’s plays are written almost exclusively in iambic pentameter.