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Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
Personification
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Rhythm
Poetic Style Elements
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Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Stanzas
Idioms
Allusions
A
direct comparison between two things
 ALWAYS uses the words “like” or “as” to
compare
 Ex:
The baby’s blanket was like an angel’s
wings, wrapping her in comfort and warmth.
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used to compare two items
 DOES NOT use “like” or “as”
 This is saying something IS something else
 Ex:
In the early morning hours, the alarm
clock is a time bomb waiting to explode.
 The
use of vivid or figurative language to
represent objects, actions, or ideas
 Related to sensory language –
APPEAL TO THE FIVE SENSES
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sight, sound, touch, taste, smell
Ex: The gentle whooshing of the ocean’s waves
rocked me to sleep the first night of vacation.
 Giving
human qualities to nonhuman or
inanimate objects
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The wind howled in anger around the house.
The stapler bit the piece of paper fiercely.
 The
repetition of a consonant sound
 This is usually found in many words that start
with the same consonant sound
 Best examples can be found in tongue
twisters
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The wild and wooly walrus waits and wonders when
we’ll walk by.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
 Can
vowels do the same thing?
 YES! – vowel sounds can be repeated - that is
called assonance
 Ex:
Waiting to unfurl like a sail.
 The
formation of a word from a sound
associated with what is named
 A word whose sound suggests its meaning
 Commonly found in poems & nursery rhymes
 Produce strong images that promote funny
situations
 Ex:
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Creaking as it rocks, the chair sang a noisy tune.
The branch cracked as the wind shook the old
tree.
 Similarity
in the sound of the final syllables
of two or more lines (END RHYME)
OR
 Within one line (INTERNAL RHYME)
 To keep track of the rhyme in a poem, use a
different letter of the alphabet every time
you hear a different rhyming sound
 Simpler
way of diagnosing rhyming schemes!
There was an old may from Peru
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe
In the midst of the night
He awoke in a fright
And – good grief! It was perfectly true!
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pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Also called meter
 Certain
words are produced more forcefully
than other and held for a longer duration
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The repetition of a pattern of emphasis is what
produces a “rhythmic effect”
 The
word rhythm comes from Greek meaning
“measured motion”
 Hyperbole
– an exaggeration of any
statement
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We created it for DRAMA!!!
A very creative addition to any piece of writing
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I tried calling you a million times, but you didn’t
answer!
If I told you once, I told you a thousand times!
We had a ton of homework last night!
Oxymoron – the contradictory combinations of
words
 Ex: The deafening silence that followed the
outburst by the teacher was excruciating.
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Controlled chaos
Jumbo shrimp
Pretty ugly
Serious joke
Instant classic
Drag race
Down escalator
Near miss
Sharp curve
 Idiom-an
expression that has a meaning
different from the meaning of its individual
words
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Examples:
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Go fly a kite
Frog in my throat
Break a leg
 Allusion-reference
to a famous person,
place, event, or work of literature
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Examples
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You're a regular Einstein
Potato chips are my diet's Achilles heel
 Stanzas
are poems (or units) within a larger
poem
 Referred to as a verse in music
 Usually grouped together because they share
a rhyming scheme or a fixed number of lines
 Most song lyrics & choruses are four line
stanzas