Poetic Devices
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- metaphor
- a comparison between two unlike things without the use of like or as
- apostrophe
- to speak to someone that is not there, or speaking to an object that does not speak
- symbol
- something concrete that represents something that is abstract
- assonance
- repetition of vowel sounds to create an effect
- simile
- a comparison between two unlike things with link words such as like, as, or than
- metonymy
- the use of a word or words in place of something non related
- paradox
- a statement that contradicts, or does not make sense in words, but has truth in reality
- allusion
- a casual reference that represents what happened in that reference
- consonance
- repetition of consonants to create an effect
- personification
- giving human qualities to an inhuman thing
- alliteration
- repetition of the same consonant at the beginnings of words for effect
- mood or tone
- the feeling that the writer inflicts on the reader
- speaker or persona
- the first person narrator in a literary work
- oxymoron
- the placement of two consecutive words that have completely opposite meanings
- theme
- an implicit or explicit recurring idea of the piece of writing