English- Poetry Techniques

Question 1

What is a Simile

Answer 1

A simile is where you indirectly compare two unlikely things together using “like” or “as”

Example: The sun look like a ball of yellow butter.

Question 2

What is Personification

Answer 2

Personification is where you give inanimate (non-living) objects human qualities.

Example: the trees waved in the wind.

Question 3

What is an Adjective

Answer 3

An adjective is a describing word.

the GLOWING ORANGE sunset fell over the horizon.

Question 4

What is Alliteration

Answer 4

Alliteration is the repetition of a consonant sound in words with close connection.

Example: Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.

Question 5

What is Assonance

Answer 5

Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound in words with close connection.

Example: the sOUnd of the hOUnd in the pOUnd upset me.

Question 6

What is a Metaphor

Answer 6

A metaphor is when you DIRECTLY compare two unlike things, sometimes using “is” or “as” (more powerful than a simile)

“The sun IS AN OVEN”. or “the ocean IS A GIRANT WASHING MACHINE”

Question 7

What is Onomatopoeia

Answer 7

Onomatopoeia is when an action mimics the sound it makes.

Examples: “Bangs” Clicks” “Hiss”

Question 8

What is Hyperbole

Answer 8

Hyperbole is a form of exaggeration used to highlight a point. (extreme exaggeration)

Example: “you took a million years” “your room looks like a cyclones been through it”