Poetic Devices: Rhyme/ Alliteration/ Assonance/Consonance

a comparison of two unlike things using words "like or as"

exaggeration; the obvious stretching of the truth

the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words

the repetition of the same vowel sound at the beginning of several words

a comparison of two unlike things that does not use the words "like or as"

when an animal, object or idea is given human qualities, such as the ability to hear, feel, speak, or make decisions

the use of words that sound like the noises they describe

to repeat something- a sound, word, phrase, or sentence- more than once

the repetition of similar sounds either at the end of lines of poetry or within a line of poetry

a repeated regular pattern of rhymes usually found at the ends of lines in a poem

all the tools a poet uses to create a special effect or feeling, such as simile, personification, onomatopoeia etc...

the feeling created in a reader by a poem or story. Words, phrases, repetition, rhyme and exaggeration all work together to create that feeling.

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words