| Assonance | Rhyming of the same
vowel sounds | Leaves blew in the breeze |
| Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or
sound at the beginning of adjacent
or closely connected words. | Sweet singing doves |
| Metaphor | This is where an object in, or the subject of,
a poem is described as being the same
as another otherwise unrelated object. | The sand is a warm blanket |
| Simile | A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind. It’s used to make a description more vivid. | As fast as a cheetah. |
| Personification | Giving an inanimate object human characteristics. | The moon smiled back. |
| Imagery | Used in poetry, novels, or other writing that uses
vivid description that appeals to the readers’ senses. This creates an image or idea in their head. | The leaves sounded like clapping hands. |
| Allusion | An expression intended to
call something to mind
without mentioning it specifically. It’s a hint
towards something. | Chocolate is his kryptonite.
Superman is alluded to but not mentioned. |
| Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or not meant
to be taken literally | I am so hungry I could eat a whole side of beef. |
| Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted
to reveal a hidden meaning,
like a moral or political moral. | Animal Farm by George Orwell is an example of an allegory. |
| Consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds within
a line of text. | The boss had a loss.
Molly remained jolly. |
| Repetition | The act of repeating something that has already been said. Used to create effect. | Time after time.
Over and over. |
| Enjambment | The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next. | Birds fly
above a
dew covered
grassy meadow. |
| Meter | In poetry, meter is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse | iambic pentameter
trochaic foot
anapestic foot
(More on these in another post) |
