Poetic Devices- Match Term to Examples

Alliteration

"She sells seashells by the sea-shore."

Imagery

After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with tired and burning muscles. The grass tickled his skin and sweat cooled on his brow.

Metaphor

All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree.

Repetition

Because Slam is Unfair. Because Slam is too much fun. Because poetry. Because rules. Because poetry rules.

Simile

He's as thin as a rail!

Symbol

In the "Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator's feeling of guilt is represented my a beating heart

Enjambment

Lives like these shouldn't be shortened Sentence fragments of a future And in the 14 days it took us to write this We've had to add more names to this list Because in this city, before we blossom We must weather storms unforecast because Every intersection can become Virgina Tech

Mood

Sad. Angry. Joyous. Intense.

Hyperbole

That suitcase weighed a ton!

Personification

The tired old car coughed and weezed and crawled down the street.

Motif

Throughout a poem, a man wears a tuxedo for a variety of occasions: his wedding, his father's funeral, and his own daughter's wedding. The tuxedo becomes a symbol of his changing duties as a husband, son, and father as he ages.

Theme

True Love. Bullying. Violence. Racism

Allusion

You're acting like such a Scrooge!

Onomatopoeia

slam, splash, bam, babble, warble, gurgle, mumble, and belch