Poetic+Devices

__Hyperbole__ A hyperbole is an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally. A example of a hyperbole is that's not your typical blogger  hyperbole, it's the truth.

__Alliteration__ A alliteration is when the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter. A example of a alliteration is the all it ration and meter wasn't entirely correct,but it made me laugh.

__Rhythm & Rhyme__ A rhythm is when you are staying at a certain tempo and staying with it. A example of rhythm is in almost every song it has a rhythm to it.

A rhyme is when you have words beside each other at the end of each sentence and those words are spelled or sound the same at the end. A example of a rhyme is cat in the hat.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Metaphor__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A metaphor is when someone says something but it means something else when they say it. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example of a metaphor is in Romeo and Juliet when Romeo says that Juliet is brighter than the sun.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Analogy__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A analogy is when <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a similarity between like features of two things, on <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|which] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> a comparison may be based. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example of a analogy is <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and so we turn,eagerly,for a fresher analogy.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Repetition__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Repetition is when the writer repeats a word or a phrase to show you reader that it is important. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example of repetition is in a lot of poetry they repeat words that are important to the poem.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Personification__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personification is when you give an inhuman object human attributes. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example of personification is the wind screaming into my ear.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Allusion__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A allusion is when in a story or TV show they put real life events into the story or tv show. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example is in a lot of cartoons they use real life people and events to make it more interesting. It’s usually used for comedy, shows that use it a lot are The Simpsons, and Family Guy.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Oxymoron__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Oxymoron is when someone describes something but they say the opposite of what it really is. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example is saying you're a little tall.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Euphemism__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Euphemism is when is trying to say something bad but in a good way. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example is “I have to empty the tank” which means they have to go to the washroom.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Imagery__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Imagery is when the writer describes something very well and makes a image in your mind. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example there was a crisp smell in the wind as I looked over the cliff side looking down into the valley below full of wildlife in a forest.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Irony__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Irony is when someone says something that is untrue and usually silly. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example of irony is someone died at a funeral.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Malapropism__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Malapropism is when you use to words that sound the same at the beginning but are used with different letters. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example is c and k how they sound the same but are different letters.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Onomatopoeia__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Onomatopoeia is when people use words for sound effects. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example is boing, used for something bouncing.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Satire__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Satire is when people make fun of real things. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example is “Kobe Bryant is bad at basketball.”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Simile__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A simile is when you use two phrases or words and you compare them to describe something. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example is "as snug as a bug in a rug" comparing someone who is very cozy to how comfortable a bug can be in a rug.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Symbol__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A symbol is when the writer writes something and it gives you a symbol of what is coming up next. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A example is that when people see the light when they die, that is a symbol that their dead and going to heaven.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Theme__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Theme is what the author is trying to make the reader what the story is about.