ENGLISH LIT POETRY TECHNIQUES Flashcards
what four techniques are used in poetry, structure wise?
- Enjambment
- Rhythm
- rhyme
- punctuation
what is each verse in a poem called?
stanza
what is enjambment?
where the sentence continues on the next line (lines run on)
what is rhythm?
syllables per line e.g. free verse or regular
What is rhyme?
words sounding the same (structure with rhyme?)
what is punctuation?
colon, comma, full stop
What is alliteration?`
first letter of a word is repeated in following word
what is hyperbole?
exaggerating something
what is irony?
sarcasm/ funny words implying the opposite
what is onomatopoeia?
describing a noise e.g. whoosh
what is an oxymoron?
opposite words e.g. cold and hot
what is personification?
giving an object a human quality e.g. the tree talked
what is repetition?
repeating words (to exaggerate it)
what is a simile?
‘like a ‘ ‘as a’ - linking to something
what is a sentence type?
long or short sentences
what does mitsl stand for?
meaning imagery - techniques tone structure language - techniques
what do you need to include in the introduction?
- 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)
what do you need to include in the conclusion?
- personal response of the poems
- what you think the authors intention was to make the audience feel
what do you write the three paragraphs on?
- 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)
