Poetic+Devices

=*Lizzie gave me permission to use her hair. She even input the first one about toxic waste...*=
 * 1) __Hyperbole:__ **an extreme and intended overstatement** //Example: "Lizzie's hair is a toxic waste dump!"//
 * 2) __Alliteration: __** a group of words all beginning with the same letter/sound ** //Example: "Lizzie's lovely light blue hair is so lively."//
 * 3) __Rhythm & Rhyme: __** the flow, beat, and accent, and when words have identical sounds ** //Example: "When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad." OR "Lizzie's hair is blue, I know that to be true."//
 * 4) __Metaphor: __** comparing two unalike things ** //Example:// //"Lizzie's hair is a blue ocean."//
 * 5) __Analogy: __** comparison between like features of two things that are otherwise unlike ** //Example:// //"Lizzie's hair is like the ocean. Both are blue, both are constantly flowing, and both are coated with chemicals."//
 * 6) __Repetition: __** repeating something over and over **// Example: // //"Lizzie's hair is blue. Lizzie's hair is blue.// //Lizzie's hair is blue. Lizzie's hair is blue.// //Lizzie's hair is blue. Lizzie's hair is blue.// //Lizzie's hair is blue. Lizzie's hair is blue.// //Lizzie's hair is blue. Lizzie's hair is blue."//
 * 7) __Personification: __** giving human characteristics to non-human things ** //Example:// //"Lizzie's hair whispered into her ear."//
 * 8) __Allusion: __** refering to something else that is unknown ** //Example: "Lizzie is going to dye her hair purple in preparation for something else."//
 * 9) __Euphemism __: **the replacement of an inoffensive term for one that is thought explicit** //Example: "Lizzie's hair is bonkers!"//
 * 10) __Imagery __: **a description that paints a picture in your mind **//Example: "Lizzie's hair is as blue as the sky on a sunny afternoon, with the black of night lying underneath. Her hair still contains specks of old colours, such as cherry red and pumpkin orange."//
 * 11) __Irony __: **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">something that means the direct opposite from what is said **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">//Example: "Lizzie tells me that my hair is super short."//
 * 12) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Malapropism __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">: **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">misusing words absurdly, especially words that sound alike **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">//Example: "Your comparison of Lizzie's hair is odorous! (Odious)"//
 * 13) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Onomatopoeia: __**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">words that imitate sounds **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">//Example: "Snip! Snip! Snip! Lizzie's hair is cut and falls to the floor."//
 * 14) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Oxymoron __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">: **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a phrase that contradicts itself **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">//Example: "Lizzie's hair is the lightest dark blue."//
 * 15) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Satire __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">: **a sarcastic parody** //Example: "The movie Vampires Suck. (Twilight)"//
 * 16) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Simile __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">: **compares two things using like or as** //Example: "Lizzie's hair is as blue as the sea."//
 * 17) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Symbol __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">: **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">words or a phrase that represents something else **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">//Example: "In Robert Frost's 'The Road Not Taken,' the roads symbolize different choices to make in life."//
 * 18) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Theme __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">: **overall concept of the writing** //Example: "The theme of these definitions is that Lizzie has short, blue hair that is awesome."//