Poetic Devices

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

A reference to a well-known person

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity

Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line

Ethical appeal

3 unrhymed lines (5

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Description that appeals to the senses (sight

A contrast between expectation and reality

Appeal to logic

comparison not using like or as

a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Appeal to emotion

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings

Repeated use of sounds

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse. EX: ABAB

A comparison using "like" or "as"

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes

A group of lines in a poem

A device in literature where an object represents an idea.

Central idea of a work of literature