ENGLISH LIT POETRY TECHNIQUES

Question 1

what four techniques are used in poetry, structure wise?

Answer 1

• Enjambment
• Rhythm
• rhyme
• punctuation

Question 2

what is each verse in a poem called?

Answer 2

stanza

Question 3

what is enjambment?

Answer 3

where the sentence continues on the next line (lines run on)

Question 4

what is rhythm?

Answer 4

syllables per line e.g. free verse or regular

Question 5

What is rhyme?

Answer 5

words sounding the same (structure with rhyme?)

Question 6

what is punctuation?

Answer 6

colon, comma, full stop

Question 7

What is alliteration?`

Answer 7

first letter of a word is repeated in following word

Question 8

what is hyperbole?

Answer 8

exaggerating something

Question 9

what is irony?

Answer 9

sarcasm/ funny words implying the opposite

Question 10

what is onomatopoeia?

Answer 10

describing a noise e.g. whoosh

Question 11

what is an oxymoron?

Answer 11

opposite words e.g. cold and hot

Question 12

what is personification?

Answer 12

giving an object a human quality e.g. the tree talked

Question 13

what is repetition?

Answer 13

repeating words (to exaggerate it)

Question 14

what is a simile?

Answer 14

‘like a ‘ ‘as a’ - linking to something

Question 15

what is a sentence type?

Answer 15

long or short sentences

Question 16

what does mitsl stand for?

Answer 16

meaning
imagery - techniques
tone
structure
language - techniques

Question 17

what do you need to include in the introduction?

Answer 17

• context of both poems (what they are about)
• similarity and difference between them both
• what will be mentioned in essay (poets ideas, mood, how this is created using language techniques)

Question 18

what do you need to include in the conclusion?

Answer 18

• personal response of the poems

- what you think the authors intention was to make the audience feel

Question 19

what do you write the three paragraphs on?

Answer 19

• poets ideas (themes) and mood/atmosphere of poems
• how the poet creates this (language) in both (do similarities and differences)
• how the poet creates this (structure) in both (do similarities and differences)