1. POETIC DEVICES

2. End Rhyme Use of rhyme at the end of lines
Rhyme=correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words

3. Internal rhyme Use of rhyming words within a line
Rhyme=correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words

4. alliteration
Repetition of beginning consonant sounds

5. repetition
When a word or phrase appears multiple times in a poem

6. SIMILE
Comparison of two unlike things that have some quality in common
Uses a comparative word (like, as)

7. Metaphor
Comparison of two unlike things that have some quality in common
Stated without comparative word (like, as)

8. Personification Giving human qualities to an object or idea
(animals can smile; that is not personification)

9. imagery
Words or phrases that appeal or relate to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)