Poetic+Devices

__**Hyperbole**__ - A n extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, ex. “to wait an eternity.” __**Alliter**__**__ation__** - When words with the same first letter are repeated. ex. Aunt Anna always ate apples. __**Theme**__ - The theme is what the author is trying to tell you. ex. The theme in "A mountain journey" was that one bad mistake can lead to multiple bad mistakes.
 * __Rhythm & Rhyme__** - Rhyme is words that have the same sound that make rhythm. ex. Fox in a box, Cat in a hat.
 * __Metaphor__** - Describing something with a word which isn't literally true. ex. Life is a roller coaster.
 * __Analogy__**- A similarity between two things. ex. It has often been said that movie stars are the royalty of America.
 * __Repetition__** - To repeat certain things to make a point.
 * __Personification__** - When you give a non human a quality of a human. ex. The wind howled.
 * __Allusion__** - An incidental mention of something. ex. An allusion to shakespeare.
 * __Oxymoron__**- a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous,seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness”. ex. a low-key wedding.
 * __Euphemism__**- the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. ex. to pass away instead of to die.
 * __Imagery__** - When something can be read and than an image forms in your mind. ex. He had a big, crystal clear diamond.
 * __Irony__**- To use words to say the opposite of the meaning. ex. “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
 * __Malapropism__**- A n act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound. ex. // I am not under the affluence of alcohol. //
 * __Onomatopoeia__**- T he formation of a word, as cuckoo,  meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. ex. meow, boom, bang, honk.
 * __Satire__** - The use of irony, sarcasm to highlight humor.
 * __Simile__** - When 2 unlike things are compared to each other. ex. She is like a rose.
 * __Symbol__** - A symbol is something that has meaning in a piece of writing. ex. The china figures in "Then there were none" represented how many people were left and how many died.