An analogy is a comparison made to show how two different things are similar, especially in limited ways. There are several types of analogies you can make. A simile directly compares two seemingly unrelated things and then explains what the two items have in common to make a point.

23 Common Figures of Speech (Types and Examples)

• SIMILE. In simile two unlike things are explicitly compared.
• METAPHOR. It is an informal or implied simile in which words like, as, so are omitted.
• PERSONIFICATION.
• METONYMY.
• APOSTROPHE.
• HYPERBOLE.
• SYNECDOCHE.
• TRANSFERRED EPITHETS.

Five important types of figures of speech include hyperbole, symbols, simile, personification and metaphor.

There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence.

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Terms in this set (15)

• Irony. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning, sometimes called verbal irony.
• Situational Irony.
• Dramatic Irony.
• Allegory.
• Alliteration.
• Onomatopoeia.
• Satire.
• Oxymoron.

Here are 10 of the most common literary devices:

• Simile.
• Metaphor.
• Imagery.
• Symbolism.
• Flashbacks.
• Foreshadowing.
• Motif.
• Allegory.

Poetic Devices

• Alliteration.
• Assonance.
• Imagery.
• Metaphor.
• Onomatopoeia.
• Personification.
• Refrain.
• Rhyme.

Some common techniques used in poetry are onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, rhyming, simile and metaphor.

• Onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is one of the easiest to learn and use (but not spell).
• Alliteration. Another technique that you might be familiar with is alliteration.
• Assonance.
• Rhyming.
• Similes.
• Metaphor.

As with narrative, there are “elements” of poetry that we can focus on to enrich our understanding of a particular poem or group of poems. These elements may include, voice, diction, imagery, figures of speech, symbolism and allegory, syntax, sound, rhythm and meter, and structure.

Today, poetry is still considered the owner of the three main poetic forms: lyric, narrative, dramatic. Each form can then be divided into many subdivisions, each consisting of a rhyme scheme, rhythm and/or style.

Three other elements of poetry are rhyme scheme, meter (ie. regular rhythm) and word sounds (like alliteration). These are sometimes collectively called sound play because they take advantage of the performative, spoken nature of poetry.

Lyric Poetry Examples

• elegy – a reflective poem to honor the dead.
• haiku – a seventeen-syllable poem that uses natural imagery to express an emotion.
• ode – an elevated poem that pays tribute to a person, idea, place, or another concept.
• sonnet – a descriptive fourteen-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.