Literary Devices

Suzanne G.
This is a list of poetic literary devices.
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  1. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  2. internal rhyme
    a rhyme between words in the same line
    Grist rejected that advice: his poems are all about dense wordplay and internal rhyme.
  3. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
    for situations where there's a gap between reality and expectations, especially when such a gap is created for dramatic or humorous effect.

    There are three basic types of irony:
    verbal-
    dramatic-
    situational-
  4. internal rhyme
    a rhyme between words in the same line
    "Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary"
  5. imagery
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  6. imagery
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  7. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  8. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  9. dramatic irony
    when the audience understands something the characters don't
  10. metaphorically
    in a metaphorical manner
  11. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  12. characterization
    the act of describing essential features
  13. conflict
    an open clash between two opposing groups
  14. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  15. theme
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  16. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  17. idiomatic expression
    an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
  18. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  19. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  20. symbolism
    the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning
Created on 十一月 17, 2012 (updated 二月 5, 2013)

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