Poetic Tehcniques

Question 1

Onomatopoeia

Answer 1

Words that sound the same as what they represent

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

The use of the same letter at the beginning of words that are close

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

To give an inanimate object human characteristics

Question 4

Simile

Answer 4

To describe something ‘as’ or ‘like’ something else

Question 5

Repetition

Answer 5

To use the same word/phrase more than once

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Comparing two things by saying they are each other

Question 7

Enjambment

Answer 7

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line

Question 8

Rhythm

Answer 8

This describes the beat of a poem

Question 9

Rhyme

Answer 9

When lines of poetry end with the same sounds

Question 10

Stanza

Answer 10

Groups of lines in a poem (a verse)

Question 11

Assonance

Answer 11

When vowel sounds within words are the same or very similar

Question 12

Pivot/Volta

Answer 12

Point at which poem changes mood, time, etc.

Question 13

Caesura

Answer 13

A pause within a line of poetry to give emphasis

Question 14

Irony

Answer 14

Use of words or phrases that are often sarcastic and or humorous

Question 15

Fricatives

Answer 15

Soft, breathy sounds: s, z, th, f

Question 16

Plosives

Answer 16

Hard, explosive sounds: p, t, k, b, g, d

Question 17

Sibilance

Answer 17

Sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh

Question 18

Superlative

Answer 18

Expressing the highest or a very high degree of a quality

Question 19

Juxtaposition

Answer 19

Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

Question 20

Foreshadowing

Answer 20

Be a warning or indication of (a future event)

Question 21

Lexical Set

Answer 21

A group of words with the same topic, function or form

Question 22

Archaisms

Answer 22

Words that are very old or old-fashioned

Question 23

End Focus

Answer 23

The most important information in a clause or sentence is placed at the end