Big Ten Poetry Devices
Alliteration: the repetiton of initial constant sounds
Judah Jumps on the Jellybean.
Allusion: reference to a well-known person,place,literary work or work art.
I compared myself to the school to the song of Michael Jackson ,they don’t really care bout us.
Figurative Language: writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally.
Jasmine was soo sad, a water fall came pouring out her mouth.
Metaphor: speaking of a person place or thing as if it is something or someone else.
Love is a plant of the most tender kind,
That shrinks and shakes with every ruffling wind.
Extended Metaphor: continuing a metaphor over many lines or an entire poem or essay.
Jasmine is a hurricane. i make you laugh, i be having to poo a lot, everything i touch i break. Jasmine is a hurricane.
onomatopoeia: words that imitate sound.
A door banged and someone sneezed "atishoo". For breakfast he had a cereal that went "snap, crackle and pop" as he poured on the milk.
personification: giving human characteristics to non-human things.
my house was a sandwich- brown boring beige on the outside but filled with color and texture just waiting to be pulled open like a christmas cracker'
Judah Jumps on the Jellybean.
Allusion: reference to a well-known person,place,literary work or work art.
I compared myself to the school to the song of Michael Jackson ,they don’t really care bout us.
Figurative Language: writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally.
Jasmine was soo sad, a water fall came pouring out her mouth.
Metaphor: speaking of a person place or thing as if it is something or someone else.
Love is a plant of the most tender kind,
That shrinks and shakes with every ruffling wind.
Extended Metaphor: continuing a metaphor over many lines or an entire poem or essay.
Jasmine is a hurricane. i make you laugh, i be having to poo a lot, everything i touch i break. Jasmine is a hurricane.
onomatopoeia: words that imitate sound.
A door banged and someone sneezed "atishoo". For breakfast he had a cereal that went "snap, crackle and pop" as he poured on the milk.
personification: giving human characteristics to non-human things.
my house was a sandwich- brown boring beige on the outside but filled with color and texture just waiting to be pulled open like a christmas cracker'