poetic devices

Question 1

simile

Answer 1

a comparison using like or as

Question 2

metaphor

Answer 2

a figurative comparison that’s not literal

Question 3

alliteration

Answer 3

repetition of two or more consonant sounds at the start of words in quick succession

Question 4

onomatopoeia

Answer 4

a word here the sound is also the meaning etc crash

Question 5

personification

Answer 5

applying human aspects to an inanimate object

Question 6

connotation

Answer 6

an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition. to its literal or primary meaning

Question 7

symbol

Answer 7

something that represents or stands for something else etc a dove symbolises peace

Question 8

assonance

Answer 8

resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels etc swEEping gEEse

Question 9

fricative alliteration

Answer 9

sounds that create friction of breath (the letters f&v)

Question 10

plosive alliteration

Answer 10

alliteration where the initial consonant sound is plosive (the letters p,t,k,b,d,g)

Question 11

sibilance

Answer 11

a pattern of repeated soft sounds for affect (etc soft sea shells on the sea shore)

Question 12

motif

Answer 12

a recurring idea or image

Question 13

semantic field

Answer 13

a set of words grouped together that refer to a specific subject

Question 14

repetition

Answer 14

the use of a repeating word, phrase, line or idea throughout a poem

Question 15

enjambment

Answer 15

continuation of a sentence without a pause at the end of a line/stanza

Question 16

juxtaposition

Answer 16

two things being seen or placed close together with a contrasting effect

Question 17

caesura

Answer 17

a break between words usually in the middle of a line

Question 18

anaphora

Answer 18

the whole, or part of, the opening line of the stanza and is repeated

Question 19

refrain

Answer 19

a phrase, line, or group of lines repeated at intervals throughout a poem, generally at the end of the stanza

Question 20

end-stopped line

Answer 20

a line that ends with a punctuation mark and whose meaning is complete

Question 21

tone

Answer 21

the voice/attitude of the writer conveyed through the words/viewpoint

Question 22

rhyme

Answer 22

the correspondence sounds of words

Question 23

stanza

Answer 23

a section of a poem, also known as a verse

Question 24

couplet

Answer 24

a paid of lines of a similar length that rhyme

Question 25

rhythm

Answer 25

a strong repeated pattern of sound

Question 26

pace

Answer 26

the speed of the poem

Question 27

poetic speaker

Answer 27

the ‘i’ of a poem, equivalent to the ‘narrator’ of a prose text

Question 28

dramatic monologue

Answer 28

a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events

Question 29

lambic pentameter

Answer 29

a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed syllable) etc two households, both alike in dignity

Question 30

dactylic dimeter

Answer 30

a dactylic foot (known as a dactyl) has a king syllable followed by two short syllables etc half a league, half a league

Question 31

free verse

Answer 31

poetry in which the rhythm and rhyme does not repeat regularly

Question 32

sonnet

Answer 32

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, typically having ten syllables per line