Poetry language

Question 1

Ambiguity

Answer 1

Where meaning is unclear or has two possibilities

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

Question 3

Archaic

Answer 3

Old fashioned language

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

Repetition of similar vowel sounds (aeiou)

Question 5

Colloquialisms

Answer 5

Ordinary/everyday speech and launguage- slang

Question 6

Concrete nouns

Answer 6

Names given to real objects or things

Question 7

Clichés

Answer 7

An overused phrase which as a result has lost its impact

Question 8

Euphemism

Answer 8

Expressing an unpleasant idea in a less blunt and more pleasant way

Question 9

Emotive language

Answer 9

Language written deliberately about a particular emotion in the reader

Question 10

Extended metaphor

Answer 10

A recurrent metaphor which continues throughout a poem

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

An exaggerated word or phrase for effect

Question 12

Idiom

Answer 12

A word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning. E.g. “Over the moon”

Question 13

Imperatives

Answer 13

Commanding words or phrases

Question 14

Irony

Answer 14

Saying one thing while meaning another (sarcasm but less blunt)

Question 15

Juxtaposition

Answer 15

The deliberate positioning of words in a poem to create contrast

Question 16

Lexical field

Answer 16

A number of words which all belong to the same topic or subject

Question 17

Metaphor

Answer 17

A comparison of one thing to another saying one thing “is” another

Question 18

Oxymoron

Answer 18

A figure of speech which joins together words of opposite meanings

Question 19

Onomatopoeia

Answer 19

Words which sound like the thing they are describing

Question 20

Personification

Answer 20

Where the poet gives something that isn’t human, human qualities

Question 21

Pronouns

Answer 21

Replace proper nouns: he, she, we, they, it, her, him etc.

Question 22

Pun

Answer 22

Wordplay which deliberately creates ambiguity by using words of similar sound for humorous effect

Question 23

Repetition

Answer 23

When you use a word or phrase more than once

Question 24

Sibilance

Answer 24

The presence of strongly emphasised s, sh, ch, z and j sounds in speech

Question 25

Simile

Answer 25

A comparison of one thing to another using the words “like” or “as”

Question 26

Tone

Answer 26

The overall impression/mood of the poem

Question 27

Abstract noun

Answer 27

Names given to ideas, feelings or things which cannot be touched it seem in a concrete way e.g. love