Poetry devices

Simile

Compare using ‘as’ or ‘like’

Metaphor

Comparing different things by saying one thing is another without using ‘as’ or ‘like’

Tone/mood

Reveal emotions through language, choices of words

Alliteration

Repeating the beginning consonant sound of words

e.g. Bubble bees bombed buildings

Consonance

Repeating any consonant sound of words

e.g. Mike likes his new bike

Assonance

Repeating vowel sound of words

e.g. Ani anti candy.

Onomatopoeia

Words similar to their sounds

Personification

Other unhuman things given human qualities

Imagery

Uses language based on the 5 sense

Diction

Specific choice of words

Cacophony

The unpleasant mix of phrases leads to chaos

e.g. Car horns, barking dogs, and shouting people all at once

Euphony

A pleasant mix of words that create a sense of beauty

Refrain

Repeating a word/line in poems stanza

End stopped line

A pause, marked by a punctuation mark

Caesura

A sudden paused

Enjambment

Continuously spread the sentence through lines without stopping

Repetition

Repeating phrases or words intentionally

Parallelism

Using the same grammar pattern

e.g. She likes eating, sleeping, gaming.

Juxtaposition

Contrasting ideas are placed near each other

Allusion