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definitions and examples of poetic devices - Coggle Diagram
definitions and examples of poetic devices
simile
comparing something to something else using "like" or "as"
as cold as ice
caesura
punctuation in the middle of a line in poetry
statuary in mid stride. then the shot slashed furrows
personification
when things or ideas are given human characteristics
the trees waved in the wind
metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
its raining cats and dogs
enjambment
continuing a line of poetry on to the next line
all in the valley of death, rode the 600
oxymoron
contrasting two words next to each other
blinding darkness
onomatopoeia
words that sound the same as they are described
POP
alliteration
when two or more consecutive words begin with the same letter
bouncing blue ball
Plosive
a harsh P (Puh) or D (Duh) sound
the Polite Police officer Plodded Down the road