Poetic Terms 2

Question 1

Sibilance

Answer 1

Repetition of the ‘S’ sound

Question 2

Imperative

Answer 2

Sentence that gives essential commands/to be done with urgency or authority
Sometimes called a bossy word I.e sit

Question 3

Emotive language

Answer 3

Used to evoke an emotional response from the reader

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Question 5

Personification

Answer 5

Giving personal nature or human characteristics to something non human

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

Is to directly compare 2 different things

Question 7

Onomatopoeia

Answer 7

A word sounding like what it is named /describing

Question 8

Alliteration

Answer 8

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the start of closely connected words

Question 9

Metaphor

Answer 9

A description of an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true

Question 10

Colour imagery

Answer 10

Using colours to represent deeper meaning

Question 11

Ellipsis

Answer 11

A set of dots used to create or build tension (cliffhangers)

Question 12

Dialogue

Answer 12

Conversation between two or more people in a book.It gives an in-site into the characters charcterisation

Question 13

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 13

The attribution of human feelings or responses to Imamate things(animals)

Question 14

Immediacy

Answer 14

Brings you into the moment

Question 15

Sensory appeal

Answer 15

Where the writer draws focus on any of the 5 senses in order to bring it to life(creates immediacy)