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Poetic Devices

The document outlines various poetic devices, providing definitions and examples for each. Key devices include alliteration, simile, hyperbole, metaphor, and personification, among others. It serves as a guide for understanding and identifying these literary techniques in poetry.

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Poetic Devices

The document outlines various poetic devices, providing definitions and examples for each. Key devices include alliteration, simile, hyperbole, metaphor, and personification, among others. It serves as a guide for understanding and identifying these literary techniques in poetry.

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Poetic Devices

Match the Poetic Device with their


definition, and find the suitable examples.
Poetic Device Definition Example
Alliteration A figure of speech that uses Her blue eyes were lasers
exaggeration for emphasis or that could penetrate to my
humorous effect soul.
Simile when an adjective usually The rain pounding on the
used to describe one thing is roof sounded like the
transferred to another. drumline of a marching band.
Hyperbole The repetition of the same Zap! Went the lightning as it
consonant sounds at the flashed across the dark sky.
beginning of words
Metaphor It compare two things using The students walked so
the word “like” or “as” slowly that a herd of snails
could have passed them on
the path.
Transferred epithet The use of words that sound Jimmy made a jollyjoke that
like what they mean brought joy to his friends.
Onometopoeia A person, place, object, or When the battle ended, a
action that stands for dove flew over the ruins of
something beyond itself the city.
Symbolism compare two things without He pointed an angry finger at
using the words “like” or “as” me.
Poetic Device Definition Example
Allusion Giving human characteristics to The trees waved goodbye to the
something that is not human children as they left for home.

Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds, When they came out of the
but not consonant sounds rainthey were changed forever.

Personification A reference to a well-known He was devastated by the


person, myth, historical event, shocking news. This was his own
story, etc. Pearl Harbor moment.
Answers
Poetic Device Definition Example
Alliteration The repetition of the same Jimmy made a jolly joke that
consonant sounds at the brought joy to his friends
beginning of words
Simile It compare two things using The rain pounding on the
the word “like” or “as” roof sounded like the
drumline of a marching
band.
Hyperbole A figure of speech that uses The students walked so
exaggeration for emphasis slowly that a herd of snails
or humorous effect could have passed them on
the path.

Metaphor compare two things without Her blue eyes were lasers
using the words “like” or that could penetrate to my
“as” soul.

Transferred epithet when an adjective usually He pointed an angry finger


used to describe one thing at me.
is transferred to another.

Onometopoeia The use of words that sound Zap! Went the lightning as
Answers

Poetic Device Definition Example


Allusion A reference to a well-known He was devastated by the
person, myth, historical event, shocking news. This was his own
story, etc. Pearl Harbor moment.
Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds, When theycame out of the
but not consonant sounds rainthey were changed forever.

Personification Giving human characteristics to The trees waved goodbye to the


something that is not human children as they left for home.

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