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Poetic DevicesLiterary Elements NotesMiss Russ’s English Class
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Figurative Language
Expressions that emphasize imaginative
language.METAPHOR
SIMILEPERSONIFICATION
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Metaphor
Comparison between two unlike things.
Example:sea of grief
green with envy
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Simile
Comparison between two unlike things using like
or as.Example:
hungry as a horsebright like a flashlight
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Personification
Giving human qualities to something
that is not human.
Example
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ImageryUsing language that
appeals to the senses.VISUALAURAL
OLFACTORYTACTILE
GUSTATORY
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Theme
The unifying subject or idea.
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Oxymoron
Contradiction of word meanings that create a
new understanding.Example:
jumbo shrimpliving dead
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Symbol
Something that stands for something else.
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Hyperbole
Using exaggeration to evoke strong emotion or ideas, and are NOT
taken literally.
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Irony
Contrast between what we expect and what
really happens.DRAMATIC
SITUATIONALVERBAL
SARCAS
M
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Tone
Speaker’s attitude!
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Mood
Emotional effect that the text creates for
the audience.
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Rhyme
The repetition of similar sounds in more than one
word.
cat hat bat that vat gnat fat at chat splat brat flat spat mat pat
rat sat
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Rhyme Scheme
Pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song.
“Sharing” by Shel SilversteinI’ll share your toys, I’ll share your money, I’ll share your toast, I’ll share your honey, I’ll share your milk and your cookies too— The hard part’s sharing mine with you.
AABB
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Onomatopoeia
Word that imitates sound.
BUZZ…
.
BOOM!
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AlliterationRepetition of a particular
sound in a series of words; same sound at the beginning
of the words.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
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Consonance
Repetition of the same consonant (non-vowel)
sound in a series of words; same sound in the words.
Mammals named Sam are clammy.
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Assonance
Repetition of a vowel sound to create
internal rhyming.
white high night