Poetic Techniques

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

the repetition of consonants

Question 2

simile

Answer 2

a comparison using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’

Question 3

metaphor

Answer 3

a comparison NOT using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’

Question 4

assonance

Answer 4

the repetition of vowel sounds

Question 5

personification

Answer 5

when an object / animal is given a human feature

Question 6

onomatopoeia

Answer 6

a sound word which replicates the sound it represents

Question 7

oxymoron

Answer 7

when opposite words are placed close together

Question 8

juxtaposition

Answer 8

two opposite themes (bigger ideas) placed close together

Question 9

triplet

Answer 9

a list of three adjectives / reasons for something

Question 10

emotive language

Answer 10

language which causes an emotional response in the reader

Question 11

rhetorical question

Answer 11

a question with no answer designed to make the reader think

Question 12

sibilance

Answer 12

repetition of the letter S

Question 13

hyperbole

Answer 13

exxageration, going over the top

Question 14

imperative verb

Answer 14

a command

Question 15

semantic field

Answer 15

a group of words related in meaning

Question 16

statistics

Answer 16

facts containing numbers

Question 17

plosives

Answer 17

harsh sounds like P, B, D (part of the mouth is closed)

Question 18

enjambment

Answer 18

continuing a line of poetry with no punctuation at the end of the line

Question 19

caesura

Answer 19

punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry

Question 20

anaphora

Answer 20

repetition of the beginning of a sentence / line

Question 21

the repetition of consonants

Answer 21

Alliteration

Question 22

a comparison using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’

Answer 22

simile

Question 23

a comparison NOT using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’

Answer 23

metaphor

Question 24

the repetition of vowel sounds

Answer 24

assonance

Question 25

when an object / animal is given a human feature

Answer 25

personification

Question 26

a sound word which replicates the sound it represents

Answer 26

onomatopoeia

Question 27

when opposite words are placed close together

Answer 27

oxymoron

Question 28

two opposite themes (bigger ideas) placed close together

Answer 28

juxtaposition

Question 29

a list of three adjectives / reasons for something

Answer 29

triplet

Question 30

language which causes an emotional response in the reader

Answer 30

emotive language

Question 31

a question with no answer designed to make the reader think

Answer 31

rhetorical question

Question 32

repetition of the letter S

Answer 32

sibilance

Question 33

exxageration, going over the top

Answer 33

hyperbole

Question 34

a command

Answer 34

imperative verb

Question 35

a group of words related in meaning

Answer 35

semantic field

Question 36

facts containing numbers

Answer 36

statistics

Question 37

harsh sounds like P, B, D (part of the mouth is closed)

Answer 37

plosives

Question 38

continuing a line of poetry with no punctuation at the end of the line

Answer 38

enjambment

Question 39

punctuation in the middle of a line of poetry

Answer 39

caesura

Question 40

repetition of the beginning of a sentence / line

Answer 40

anaphora