Poetic devices

• Similes and metaphors are strong poetic devices for creating pictures in the mind

• Rhyme schemes where the ends of lines rhyme and rhythm which is the pattern of beats of syllables are other poetic devices

• In addition personification gives human qualities to things that aren’t human—like animals, objects, or even nature – ‘Lightning danced across the sky.’

• Alliteration uses the same sound to start words – ‘An annoying ant bit my ankle.’

• Onomatopoeia uses words that sound like the noise something makes – ‘The door banged shut.’