Poetic Techniques

Question 1

Assonance

Answer 1

Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 2

Sibilance

Answer 2

Repetition of S sounds

Question 3

Plosive

Answer 3

Forceful sounds such as t, k, p, b, d, g

Question 4

Alliteration

Answer 4

Repetition of consonant sounds

Question 5

Onomatopoeia

Answer 5

Words that sound like they describe

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

The comparison of two things without the use of the words like/as (these phrases can’t be taken literally)

Question 7

Simile

Answer 7

A figure of speech that compares two dissimilar things by using words such as like and as

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

When an inanimate/non-living creature is given the characteristics of a person

Question 9

Imagery

Answer 9

Descriptive/figurative language that creates an image

Question 10

Repetition

Answer 10

A repeated word/phrase

Question 11

Asyndeton

Answer 11

The omission of conjunctions (missing out connecting words)

Question 12

Form

Answer 12

The structure of a poem

Question 13

Stanza

Answer 13

Another word for a verse

Question 14

Caesura

Answer 14

A piece of punctuation in the middle of a line

Question 15

Rhyme

Answer 15

The same sound repeated at the end of a line/within lines

Question 16

Anaphora

Answer 16

The deliberate repetition of the first part of a sentence /line

Question 17

Hyperbole

Answer 17

Another word for exaggeration

Question 18

Oxymoron

Answer 18

Two opposing words placed next to each other

Question 19

Emotive language

Answer 19

Words and phrases that evoke feelings

Question 20

Enjambment

Answer 20

Where there is no punctuation at the end of the line

Question 21

Tone

Answer 21

The emotions being conveyed in the piece

Question 22

Rhyming couplet

Answer 22

A pair of rhymed lines

Question 23

Metre

Answer 23

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables