Poetic Techniques Flashcards
What is alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is anthropomorphism
When animal characteristics are assigned to humans
What is a consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is an enjambment
When a sentence runs over from one line of verse into the next
What is a hyPerbole
A use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect
What is a metaphor
A descriptive technique that names a person thing or action as something else
What is onomatopoeia
Words that sound like they mean
What is pathetic fallacy
A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather.
What is personification
Describing something non human as if it has human characteristics such as feelings
What does simile mean
A descriptive technique that compares one thing with another usually using as or like
What is a sonnet
A one stanza 14 line poem
What is emotive language
Descriptive words that evoke emotion
What’s a monologue
Long speech
What’s an oxymoron
noun: oxymoron; plural noun: oxymorons
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
What’s a sibilance
Hissing sound