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Poetic and Literary Devices - Coggle Diagram
Poetic and Literary Devices
Comparisons
Metaphor
Comparison between 2 unlike things without the use of "like" or "as".
Example: Time is money.
Simile
Comparison between 2 unlike things with the use of "like" or "as".
Example: Sly as a fox
Extended Metaphor
A comparison between 2 unlike things that extends past a single sentence.
Example: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.”
Sentence Fluency
A contrast between long and short sentences to add emphasis.
Example: "When we reached the shore of the river the old women took my hands and put them up her skirt and held them between her thighs to warm them. I wasn't embarrassed".
Poem Types + Structures
Couplet
Two consecutive lines that typically have the same rhyme and meter.
Example: For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;
Lilies that fester, smell far worse than weeds.
Elegy
Poem that makes reference to death or loss.
Example: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d by: Walt Whitman
Lyric Poem
A type of poem that expresses emotion of feeling.
Example: “The Pains of Sleep” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Free Verse
A type of poem free from any limitations in meter or rhythm.
A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman
Narrative Poem
A type of poem which tells a story.
Example: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Sonnet
A poem structured in 14 lines that follows an established rhyme scheme.
Example: Sonnet 116 (Shakespearean sonnet)
Verse
Denotes a single line of poetry
Example: The difference between ambience and silence,
Literary Techniques
Allusion
Reference made to something that is presumably familiar to the reader.
Example: His smile is like kryptonite to me.
Symbolism
Representing something beyond just a literal sense.
Example: four-leaf clover–symbolizes good luck or fortune
Hyperbole
An exaggeration of a claim to add emphasis.
Example: I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.
Tone
Tone conveys the emotion that is meant to be associated with the scene.
Example: “May the Force be with you.” Star Wars
Imagery
The use of descriptive language to appeal to the reader's senses.
Example: The kitten’s fur is milky.
Connotation
A meaning that is implied by a word apart from its literal meaning.
Example: "He's so pushy".
Personification
Gives an object or an idea human attributes.
Example: The wind slapped my across the face.
Circle Technique
Makes reference to an idea mentioned previously in the literature.
Example: Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Flashback
"An interruption of chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence" - Meriam Webster
Example: Death of a Salesman (By Arthur Miller)
Mood
The emotion the author wants to evoke on the reader.
Example of mood: melancholy
Sound Devices
Alliteration
The repetition of the initial consonant sound.
Example: Rocky Road
Euphony
Using words to create a loveliness in the sounds they make.
Example: “Success is counted sweetest".
Cacophony
The use of harsh and unpleasant sounds to achieve the desired effect.
Example: “With throats unslaked, with black lips baked,
Agape they heard me call.”
Rule of 3's
Writing principal that suggests that a trio of events to be more effective than quantities.
Example: "I came; I saw; I conquered".
Figurative Language
The usage of comparisons and literary techniques to convey an idea.
Example: He was a roaring lion in anger, though now he is silent.