Poetic+Devices

Find a definition and example for each of the following poetic devices. > **Define:** //Extreme exaggeration or overstatement.// > **Example:** //It was almost as big as a fish.// > **Define:** //Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.// > **Example:** //I imitate information insightfully.// > **Define:** //A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity.// > **Example:** //The hair was gold.// > **Define:** //Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect.// > **Example:** //The turtle was like the fish; they both liked to eat.// > **Define:** //An event that repeats.// > **Example:** //Hello. Hello.// > **Define:** //Treating abstractions or inanimate objects as human.// > **Example:** //The wind whistled as it passed by.// > **Define:** //Passing reference or indirect mention.// > **Example:** //That person is funny like (insert comedian's name here). Talking about (totally unrelated subject)...// > **Define:** //Conjoining contradictory terms.// > **Example:** //The man silently yelled.// > **Define:** //The use of a more palatable word or phrase in place of a more direct or crude one.// > **Example:** > **Define:** //Descriptive language that evokes sensory experience.// > **Example:** //The tree had brown bark.// > **Define:** //A song written by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard and produced by Ballard for Morissette's third album Jagged Little Pill (1995).// > **Example:** //You are scared of flying. Finally, as an adult, you take your first flight, but it crashes.// > **Define:** //The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.// > **Example:** //I hate shoo. Oh, sorry, I meant I hate you.// > **Define:** //Using words that imitate the sound they denote.// > **Example:** //Bam.// > **Define:** //Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.// > **Example:** //He was very funny. NOT! HA HA HA// > **Define:** //A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as').// > **Example:** //The fly was like a swan flying through the sky.// > **Define:** //Representation of a concept through underlying meanings of objects or qualities.// > **Example:** //He was funny.// > **Define:** //A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work.// > **Example:** //"A Story About Frogs, With a Recurring Element of Frogs" by "John Doe"//
 * Hyperbole
 * Alliteration
 * Metaphor
 * Analogy
 * Repetition
 * Personification
 * Allusion
 * Oxymoron
 * Euphemism
 * Imagery
 * Irony
 * Malapropism
 * Onomatopoeia
 * Satire
 * Simile
 * Symbol
 * Theme