Poetical / Language Techniques 2 (NEARLY DONE)

Question 1

What is an extended metaphor?

Answer 1

An extended metaphor is a metaphor that is explained.

Example:
“Life is a roller coaster, you can never prepare for the ups and downs that it will bring. Sometimes you’ll be at great heights and sometimes you’ll come crashing down.” - “Life is a roller coaster” this is the metaphor and the rest is the explanation. therefore, this is an extended metaphor.

Question 2

What’s a simile?

Answer 2

A simile is when you compare two things using “like” or “as”.

Example:
“he was as fast as a cheetah”
“he’s like a giraffe!”

Question 3

What is an oxymoron?

Answer 3

An oxymoron is when you have two opposite words next to each other.

Example:
“Small giant”
“Bitter sweet”
“Sweet agony”

Question 4

What is juxtaposition?

Answer 4

Juxtaposition is when you have to opposing / contrasting ideas.

Example:
Hope and despair: “Amidst the rubble of the destroyed village, a small flower grew, a symbol of hope in a sea of despair.”

Love and hate: “He felt a surge of love and hate simultaneously, two powerful emotions warring within him.”

Question 5

What is symbolism?

Answer 5

Symbolism is when objects or words have a wider meaning.

Example:
A white dove might be a symbol of hope.

Question 6

What is a rhetorical question?

Answer 6

A rhetorical question is a question which does not require an answer?

Example:
“How would you feel if you had to wear a face mask all day?”

Question 7

What is anthropomorphism?

Answer 7

Anthropomorphism is

Question 8

What is a motif?

Answer 8

A motif is a reoccurring image, symbol, theme placed by the writer throughout a text.

Example:
Blood symbolizes guilt in the play. For example, the blood on Macbeth’s hands symbolizes his guilt for killing Duncan. Lady Macbeth also feels guilty and tries to wash out an invisible bloodstain at the end of the play. The word “blood” appears in the play 42 times.

Question 9

What is an imperative?

Answer 9

An imperative is a command sentence.

Example:
“Clean up your mess”
“Remember me when we’re parted”
“Don’t hide”

Note:
Remember if there’s just one word like “sit” then it’s just a verb. Do not get them mixed up.

Question 10

What is a semantic field?

Answer 10

A semantic field is a group of words throughout a text which can be linked to one topic.

Example:
Let’s say you are trying to create a fearful atmosphere and you use the word “spooky” and then later use “haunted” and “ghostlike” these words all link to the supernatural.