Poetic+Devices

__Hyperbole__ - A hyperbole is a figure of speech that is an exaggeration. Ex. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a cat." __Alliteration__ - When two or more consecutive words begin with the same letter. Ex. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." __Rhythm & Rhyme__ - Rhythm: A movement with uniform recurrence of a beat or accent. Ex. Drums in a song have to stay on beat to maintain rhythm. Rhyme: A pattern of words that contain similar sounds. Ex. Roses are red, violets are blue, my cat's name is Fred, and he has one little shoe. __Metaphor__ - When two things are compared without using like or as. Ex. "The assignment was a breeze." __Analogy__ - A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. Ex. "The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant." __Repetition__ - The action of repeating something. Ex. Using the same phrase over and over to make a point. __Personification__ - The attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure. Ex. "The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky." __Allusion__ - An incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication. Ex. "I am no Romeo." __Oxymoron__ - A figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect. Ex. "Cruel kindness." __Euphemism__ - The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. Ex. "His clothes have seen better days." __Imagery__ - The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images. Ex. "The rose looked bright red." __Irony__ - The use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning. Ex. "The police officer's house got robbed." __Malapropism__ - An act or habit of misusing words ridiculously. Ex. "Oftentimes, we live in a processed world, you know, people focus on the process and not on the results." __Onomatopoeia__ - The formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. Ex. Examples of Onomatopoeia are words such as "Boo". __Satire__ - The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. Ex. "Weekend Update" from Saturday Night Live. __Simile__ - A figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words "like" or "as". Ex. "You're as cute as a kitten." __Symbol__ - A symbol is something that represents an idea. Ex. A red octagon is the symbol for "stop" even without the word on it. __Theme__ - A subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition. Ex. "The best things in life, are the ones that are free."