Poetic+Devices

Repetition of same sounds. **Ex:** Rhyme rhymes with dime.
 * __Hyperbole__ -** Exaggeration for dramatic effect **Ex:** I will just die if I do not go to the party.
 * __Alliteration__ -** The repetition of initial consonant sounds. **Ex:** Peter’s piglet pranced priggishly.
 * __Rhythm & Rhyme__ -** Internal feel of beat and metre perceived when poetry is read aloud/
 * __Metaphor__ -** A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. Often forms of the "to be" verb are used, such as "is" or "was", to make the comparison. **Ex:** The doctor inspected the rash with a vulture's eye.
 * __Analogy__ -** A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. **Ex:** Life is like a box of chocolates.
 * __Repetition__ -** The repeating of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas. **Ex:** I'm hungry. I'm hungry. I'm hungry. I'm hungry.
 * __Personification__ -** The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in nature. **Ex:** The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
 * __Allusion__ -** An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
 * Ex:** When he lost his job, he acted like a scrooge.
 * __Oxymoron__ -** Seeming contradiction in two words put together. **Ex:** Jumbo shrimp
 * __Euphemism__ -** A mild or indirect word or expression for one too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. **Ex:** I'm sorry, but your great grandmother just passed away.
 * __Imagery__ -** Words or phrases that appeal to any sense or any combination of senses. **Ex:** The cold crisp wind blew against her flushed face.
 * __Irony__ -** The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. **Ex:** It's ironic that you laugh at your friend when they got splashed by a whale and then you got splashed too.
 * __Malapropism__ -** The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.
 * Ex:** " Lead the way and we'll precede"
 * __Onomatopoeia__ -** Use of words resembling the sounds they mean
 * __Satire__ -** The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing or deriding vice, folly, etc.
 * Ex:** “I'm aware of the irony of appearing on TV in order to decry it."
 * __Simile__ -** Comparison using "as" or "like" **Ex:** “My love is like a red rose.”
 * __Symbol__ -** A thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract.
 * Ex:** Our flag is the // symbol // of our country
 * __Theme__ -** The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; **Ex:** "The theme of the sermon was reverence".