idiom

an expression that
"I wish I could go to
means something
the movies but I have
different than what
got to go hit the
the words actually
books."
say.
 alliteration

repetition of the same initial consonant sound in neighboring

words.

"Cold caribou cry constantly in Canada."

 pun

usage of similar "Pencils could be

sounding words or made with erasers on
phrases, usually in an both ends but what
attempt to be funny. would be the point?"
 metaphor

comparing two
unlike things "The
by saying that homework was
one is the a breeze."
other.
 oxymoron

a short phrase that combines two

normally contradictory terms.

"That building is a little big

and pretty ugly."
 simile

comparing two unlike terms by

using the words like or as.

"The clouds looked like

cotton candies."
 personification

giving human
"The teddy bear
qualities,
sat slumped on
feelings, actions
the bed, looking
to inanimate
sadly at his feet."
objects.
 onomatopoeia

a word that resembles the sound it

represents.

"Our cats meow when they are

hungry and want to be fed"
 hyperbole

using
exaggerations for "The books
emphasis or weighed a ton."
effect.
 imagery
using the senses of
sight, smell, sound and
taste to create vivid
pictures.

"The fence was

growing awkwardly
like uneven baby
teeths."
 assonance

Repetition of same
"Till rising and
vowel sound(s) in
gliding out I
the
wander'd off by
neighboring words
myself."
.
 Differences potrayed between
reality and appearences or
when the literal meaning and
the intended meanings are
complete opposites.
irony
"Your heart is as soft as a
stone in the ocean."
 enjambment

the practice of running

lines of poetry from one "I wondered lonely as a
to the next without cloud
using any kind of That floats on high o'er
punctuation to indicate vales and hills."
a stop.
 symbolism

It is a literary device that

"The phrase a 'new dawn'
contains several meanings
is not only symbolic of
often concealed at first
the start to a new day but
and layered upon each
also a new beginning."
other.
 anaphora

repetition of a word, phrase or clause at the beginning of two or

more sentences or clauses in a row.

"Beyond the rays of the sun

Beyond the chirps of birds
Beyond the fall of snows
Beyond the lowest lows."
 an extreme
exaggeration used by
the poet to put
emphasis on a point.
hyperbole
"I'm so hungry that I
could eat a horse."