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Poetic Devices

Metaphor

Alliteration

Hyperbole

SymblStacie Dukes

sdukes@wcsd.12.sc.us

Figurative LanguageLanguage using figures of speech cannot be taken literally.

A way of saying something other than in an ordinary way

Saying one thing meaning another!

Simile Hyperbole

Metaphor Personification

Poetic Devices Quiz

Reference Page

Simile• A simile is a comparison between two

unlike things that have something in common. A simile always uses the words like or as to make a comparison.

Examples:

like two peas in a pod

my love is like a red, red rose

deer ran like the wind

Metaphor

• A metaphor is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that have something in common. The comparison is made without the use of like or as.

Examples:

Patty was a raging tiger when she lost her lunch money.

During the night the forest was a dark, frightening battlefield

Hyperbole• Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which

exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. It may be confused with a simile because it often compares two items. The difference is that with a hyperbole the comparison is an exaggeration.

Examples:

I could sleep for a year.

This box weighs a ton.

His eyes were as round as saucers.

Personification

• Personification is when an author gives an idea, object, or animal qualities or traits of a person.

Examples:

a smiling moon

CD player sang a tune

car ran

Onomatopoeia

• Onomatopoeia is the imitation of natural sounds in word form. These words help us form mental pictures about the things, people, or places that are described.

Examples:

buzz,

hiss,

Roar

bang

Alliteration• Alliteration is the repetition of

usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. When writers want to emphasize certain words, they may use alliteration

Examples:

down in the dumps

do or die

right as rain

Coca - Cola

Select a Simile

She was as sly as a fox.

My grandmother was as blind as a bat.

As she watched the movie she was

a blankpage.

Her brother was as meek as a lamb.

She is a turtle.

My brother is a clown.

Mean Metaphors

She ran like the wind.

The traffic is murder.

You are as beautiful as a rose.

His feet are as black as coal.

Her hair is silk.

Neil is a snake

Hyper Hyperboles

My mom hummed.

I will die if he ask me to dance.

I cried like a baby.

Move than one can of soup.

My grandfather is older than the hills.

I am so tired I could sleep for a

year.

Perfect Personification

My computer hates me.

The sun shined.

Opportunity was knocking at my door.

She walked like a goddess.

The sun was playing hide and seek, amidst the clouds.

My arm hurt.

Nice Try

This is a metaphor. It compares the brother to a clown, but doesn’t use like

or as.

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Almost

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This is a simile. It compares my grandmother to a bat by using

the word as.

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This is a simile. It compares she to a fox by using the word

as.

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This is a metaphor. It compares she to a

turtle, but doesn’t use like or as.

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This is a metaphor. It compares she to a blank page, but doesn’t use like or as.

As is in the sentence but not used to compare.

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This is a simile. It compares her brother to a lamb by using the word

as.

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This is a metaphor. It compares Neil to a snake and does not use like or as.

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This is a metaphor. It compares traffic and murder and does not

use like or as.

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This is a simile. It compares she to

the wind and uses like.

Almost

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This is a simile. It compares his feet to coal and uses as.

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This is a metaphor. It compares her hair to silk and does not use

like or as.

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This is a simile. It compares you to a rose and uses as.

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Almost

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AlmostThis sentence does not use poetic devices.

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AlmostThis simile. It compares I to a

baby and uses like.

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This is a hyperbole. It is exaggerating how old my grandmother really is.

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This is a hyperbole. It is exaggerating how much I want him to ask me to dance.

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This is a hyperbole. It is exaggerating how tired I am.

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This sentence does not use poetic devices.

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This sentence does not use poetic devices.

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This sentence does not use poetic devices.

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This sentence uses personification. It personifies

opportunity.

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This sentence uses personification. It personifies a

a computer.

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This is a simile. It compares she to a goddess and uses like.

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Almost

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This sentence uses personification. It personifies

the sun.

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Poetic Devices Quiz

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References:

• Mangrum-Strichart Learning Resources. (April 1,2009). Metaphors. Retrieved from http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/language-arts/7/metaphors/#

• Ms. Peters’ Class,(4-06).Personification Practice. Retrieved from http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/personificationpractice.html

• Said What? (2007). Similes Retrieved from http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/spoon/similes.php

• Mrs. Sundas’s Gifted Resource Class,(11-98).Glossary of Poetic Devices. Retrieved from http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/poets/poetry2.htm