Poetic Techniques: Flashcards
What is a simile?
Comparing one thing to another using like or as
What is a metaphor?
The comparison of two things by saying one is the other
What is alliteration?
The repetition of a beginning sound
What is an onomatopoeia?
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
What is imagery?
A word or phrase to stimulate your memory into imagining a picture
What is personification?
The giving of human traits to non human things
What is repetition?
A repeated word or phrase to add emphasis
What is an oxymoron?
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction with
What is sibilance?
The repetition of s sounds in a series of neighbouring words
What is rhyme?
Correspondence of sound between words or endings of words especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
What are rhyming couplets?
A rhyming pair of successive lines of verse typically of the same length
What is rhythm?
The beat of a poem: a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound
What is caesura?
A pause in the middle of a line of verse
What is enjambement?
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line
What is iamb?
A two syllable metrical pattern in poetry in which one unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable
