Peotic Analysis Key techniques

Question 1

Analogy

Answer 1

Comparison between two things

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

Repetition of vowel sounds to create emphasis

Question 3

Consonance

Answer 3

repetition of constant sounds to create emphasis

Question 4

Plosive

Answer 4

Hard sounds b,p,d,t,k,g

Question 5

Sibilance

Answer 5

Hissing by repeated s or sh sounds

Question 6

Onomatopoeia

Answer 6

Word that mimics the sound described

Question 7

Anaphora

Answer 7

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

Question 8

euphemism

Answer 8

mild or indirect word substituted for one considered too harsh when talking about something unpleasant

Question 9

irony

Answer 9

word contrary to reality or expectations. humorous.

Question 10

oxymoron

Answer 10

contradictory terms appear in conjunction to create meaningful phrase

Question 11

juxtaposition

Answer 11

two contrasting ideas placed together to create an effect

Question 12

paradox

Answer 12

literary device where something appears to be self contradictory but contains a deeper truth when examined

Question 13

enjambment

Answer 13

continuation of a sentence or idea across lines or stanzas or without interruption by punctuation

Question 14

caesura

Answer 14

pause near middle of the line

Question 15

end stop

Answer 15

line that ends with a punctuation mark, meaning is complete

Question 16

parenthesis

Answer 16

brackets, dashes, commas to insert an aside.

Question 17

inversion

Answer 17

reversal of the expected word order to add emphasis to an idea