Poetic+Devices

__Hyperbole:__ using exaggeration to convey a point

__Alliteration:__ using a series of words that all start with the same letter (or sound)

__Rhythm & Rhyme:__ when Rhyming words are used in the right combinations so that they have the same rythm

__Metaphor:__ When a normal object is compared to something abnormal

__Analogy:__ When one unknown thing is compared to a known thing

__Repetition:__ when something is repeated

__Personification:__ when a non-human thing is given human features

__Allusion:__ When something is refered to in passing

__Oxymoron:__ a contradictory phrase.

__Euphemism:__ using a more benign word to describe something offensive or confidential

__Imagery:__ using descriptors to paint a picture in the audience/reader's head

__Irony:__ when something which is meant to do something ends uo doing the opposite.

__Malapropism:__ accidently using a word which is similar to another (often used for comedic effect)

__Onomatopoeia:__ using a word which makes the sound it describes

__Satire:__ making fun of something (usually political) for humorous purpose

__SImile:__ like a metaphor, but using like or as

<span style="font: 13px/19px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">__Symbol:__ something which represents something bigger