Simile

 

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Comparision of two unlike things using’as’ or ‘like’

 

Example: She was like a cold winter morning.

Apostrophe

Poetic device where the poet talks to a absent person

 

Example: Hey You! Leave those kids alone

Onomatopoeia

A word that’s sounds suggests its meaning

 

Example: Bang, Splat, Boing

 

Alliteration

Repetition of intital consonant sounds

 

Example: She Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore

Imagery

Words/Phrases that bring a certain image to the consumers mind.

 

Example: Barcelona

Where the winds all blew

The churches don’t have windows

But the graveyards do

 

 

Hyperbole

Exaggeration for effect

 

Example : The bag weighed a ton.

Repetiton

Repeting words for emphasis

 

Example: All we need is Love, Love

Love is all we need

Enjambment

Running over of a sentence from one line of poetry to the next

 

Example:

Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us…

Refrain

Repetition of a line or phrase at regular intervals.

 

Example: The Revolution will not be Televised