poetic+devices

Hyperbole: An extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”

Alliteration: The commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter.

Rhythm & Rhyme: A word agreeing with another in terminal sound.

Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something.

Analogy: Similarity or comparability.

Repetition: Repeated.

Personification: The person or thing embodying a quality or the like.

Allusion: A passing or casual reference.

Euphemism: Is the use of roundabout language to replace colloquial terms that are considered too blunt or unpleasant.

Imagery: The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things.

Irony: The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.

Malapropism: An act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.

Onomatopoeia: The formation of a word.

Oxymoron: An oxymoron is a type of paradox that combines two terms ordinarily seen as opposites.

Satire: A literary genre comprising such compositions.

Simile: Using the word like or as.

Symbol: A symbol is a sign representing something other than itself.

Theme: A subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition.