january 2015 english 10 poetic literary devices. alliteration the repetition of a particular sound...
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JANUARY 2015ENGLISH 10
Poetic Literary Devices
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Alliteration
The repetition of a particular sound in a series of words or phrases.
Example: Suzy sells seashells by the seashore
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Anaphora
Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
Example: "I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun."
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Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words.
Example: "A heart no bigger than an orange seed has ceased to beat."
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Simile
A figure of speech that expresses the resemblance of one thing to another of a different category, usually introduced by as or like
Example: "She dealt with moral problems as a cleaver deals with meat."
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Metaphor
A figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common.
Example: "Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows."
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Hyperbole
An outrageous exaggeration.
Example: “If he talks to me, I’ll die of embarrassment”
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Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like their meaning
Example: "I'm getting married in the morning!Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime."
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True Rhyme
A rhyme in which the later part of the word or phrase is identical sounding to that of another.
Example: Down the hill he ran Towards his friend name Sam
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Internal Rhyme
A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line, or in the middle of the next.
Example: I lost my dog in the midst of a fog. He found his way home, he doesn’t like to roam.
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Personification
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human.
Example: She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at the door.
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Irony
The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Example: The irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
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Write a Five-Line Poem
Line One: Write down a noun (person, place or thing)
Line Two: Write down two adjectives (words that describe the noun). Separate the two adjectives by a comma
Line Three: Write three verbs that tell what the noun does. Separate the verbs by commas.
Line Four: Write a thought about the noun. A short phrase will be enough.
Line Five: Repeat the word you wrote on the first line. Or, Write a synonym or some other related word.