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POETIC DEVICES and FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. POETIC DEVICE. A technique or tool used in poetry. FORM. Form is the way a poem looks. LINES. The number of lines in a poem may vary. They may or may not be complete sentences. STANZAS. Stanzas are lines separated into groups.
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POETIC DEVICE A technique or tool used in poetry
FORM Form is the way a poem looks.
LINES • The number of lines in a poem may vary. • They may or may not be complete sentences.
STANZAS • Stanzas are lines separated into groups. • The number of lines in each stanza may vary.
RHYME • Rhyme is when words end with the same sound.
RHYTHM • Rhythm is the beat of the poem.
REPETITION • Repetition is the repeating of sounds, words, phrases, or lines.
ALLITERATION • Alliteration is the repetition of similar beginning sounds and consonants (like tongue twisters).
ONOMATOPOEIA • Onomatopoeia is when a word’s sound suggests its meaning. • Ex: buzz, swish, bang
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Figurative language helps us picture ordinary things in a new way.
SIMILE • A simile compares two unlike things using like or as. • Ex: He was as sly as a fox.
METAPHOR • A metaphor is an implied comparison of two unlike things. It doesn’t use like or as. • Ex: Laughter is the best medicine.
PERSONIFICATION • Personification is when animals or objects are given human characteristics. • Ex: The wind whispered to the trees.
HYPERBOLE • Extreme exaggeration; usually meant to be funny. • Ex. It was a million degrees in the shade.
IDIOM • An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a different meaning from what it actually says. • Ex. You’re driving me up the wall! It’s raining cats and dogs.