Poetic Techniques Flashcards by Michael Mckeon | Brainscape

Q

Simile

A

Comparing two things using like, as or than

Life is like a box of chocolates

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Limerick

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A 5 lined poem

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Rhyme

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Two words sound the same

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Metaphor

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As fast as lightning

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Sonnet

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A 14 lined poem

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that sounds like the word it’s describing

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Haiku

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3 lined poem about nature

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Personifcation

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Giving something a human feeling

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Pun

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Play on words

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Acrostic

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Words beside a poem

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Assonance

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Vowels Repeated

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