Download Figurative Language, Personification, Metaphor, Simile, Alliteration

Poetic Devices Cont…
Figurative Language, Simile,
Metaphor, Personification,
Alliteration
Figurative Language
language that is based on a comparison,
and is not actually true.
People use these figures of speech all the time - without
thinking.
If you say 'I've told him a thousand times!' this isn't really
true.
You are using a figure of speech - exaggeration - to make a
point.
Figures of speech add color, interest, and meaning to our
language.
They are often used in speech - and in creative writing such
as poetry and short stories.
Simile
a figure of speech that uses the words “like, as, than, or
resembles” to compare to unlike things.
Examples:
His face was as red as a tomato
I wandered lonely as a cloud
Extended Simile
a simile that continues the comparison through
several lines of the poem
Metaphor
a figure of speech that compares to unlike things WITHOUT
using “like, as, than, or resembles”
Examples:
His face was a tomato
I was a lonely cloud
Extended Metaphor
a metaphor that is extended over several lines of a poem.
Personification
giving human qualities to a nonhuman thing or to an
abstract idea.
Examples:
“Oreo, Milk’s favorite cookie.”
“Opportunity knocked on the door.”
“The camera loves me.”
Alliteration
the repetition of consonant sounds in words
that appear close together.
Example:
Dewdrops Dancing Down Daisies
By Paul Mc Cann
Don't delay dawns disarming display .
Dusk demands daylight .
Dewdrops dwell delicately
drawing dazzling delight .
Dewdrops dilute daisies domain.
Distinguished debutantes . Diamonds defray delivered
daylights distilled daisy dance