Poetic Devices

2. A series of stressed or accented syllables in a group of words.
3. A phrase with an exaggeration that is meant to have impact.
8. Words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence.
10. An object or animal is given human qualities or abilities.
11. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.
12. A comparison that states something is something else.
14. Repeating something that has already been said or written.

1. Represented through language of sense experience (Sight, Touch, Taste, Smell, Sound).
4. Words that sound alike.
5. The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
6. A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
7. Two lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length.
9. The poet's attitude toward his/her subject or readers. An author's .... might be sarcastic, sincere, humorous.
13. Is the central idea of the poem, usually implied rather than directly stated.