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: You find one

3. Metaphor Figure of speech An implied/indirect comparison
Example: Her eyes were a clear, blue sky
Example from a song: You find one

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: You find one

5. Hyperbole Figure of speech
An extreme exaggeration to attain desired effect
Example: My dad had a cow when he saw my grades
Example from a song: You find one

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: You find one

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: You find one

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:
You find one
UGH!

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

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

11. Consonance Device of sound a repetition of a consonant sound
Example: Rubber baby buggy bumpers
Repetition of “B” sound
Example from a song: You find one

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
Example from a song: You find one

13. Rhyme Device of sound a correspondence of sound
Example: the cat in the hat ate a rat on a mat
Example from a song: You find one

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.