Poetry figurative language and sound devices

Imaginary Patterns

Creating a mental picture

Metaphor

Implying two things are the same

Simile

A metaphor that uses "like" or "as" to compare

Synesthesia

Referring to one of the five senses

Apostrophe

To refer to the dead or imaginary as if they're alive

Irony

A contrast between expectation and reality

Paradox

a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

Allusion

A reference to a familiar thing.

Sound device

Language that appeals to the auditory sense

Alliteration

Repetition of the first consonant sounds

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds

Consonance

Repetition of consonant sounds at the end of the word

Onomatopoeia

the use of words that imitate sounds

euphony

a group of words that sounds pleasant

cacophony

a group of words that doesn't sound pleasant

end rhyme

Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry

internal rhyme

A rhyme where both words are in the same line

slant rhyme

A rhyming sound that is not an exact rhyme

rhyme scheme

A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

Refrain

a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song