Poetic+Devices


 * Hyperbole** - An exaggeration not meant to be taken literally. - This homework is going to take me forever to do.
 * Alliteration** - The repetition of a certain sound at the start of words. - Bob's brown boat barely broke through Billy's big barge.
 * Rhythm & Rhyme**
 * Metaphor** - Comparison of one thing to another by saying it is that thing. - Life is an uphill battle.
 * Analogy**
 * Repetition**
 * Personification** - Giving living qualities or actions to something abstract, such as an inanimate object or a concept. - The wind howled and screeched loudly in my ears.
 * Allusion**
 * Oxymoron**
 * Euphemism** - A word or phrase used to not bluntly say something possibly offensive. -
 * Imagery**
 * Irony**
 * Malapropism** - Accidental misuse of a similar sounding word. - He should of gone to the movies with us.
 * Onomatopoeia** - Taking a sound and turning it into a word. - Bark! Woof! Boom! Bang!
 * Satire**
 * Simile** - Comparison of two things using "like" or "as". - As fast as a fox, he slipped through the door.
 * Symbol**
 * Theme**