Poetry Techniques

Question 1

Repetition

Answer 1

When a word or phrase is repeated for an effect

Question 2

Sibilance

Answer 2

Repetition of the S sound - to make a hissing noise or a soft sound for effect

Question 3

Caesura

Answer 3

Punctuation in the middle of the line / breaks up the sentence / makes you pause

Question 4

Plosive Alliteration

Answer 4

When the same vowel sound is repeated in the middle of words

Question 5

Personification

Answer 5

When you give object human qualities

Question 6

Enjambement

Answer 6

When lines run on - there is no punctuation

Question 7

Oxymoron

Answer 7

Thé formation of a word, by imitation of the sound made

Question 8

Anaphora

Answer 8

A key phrase which is repeated at the beginning of the lines in a poem

Question 9

Aural imagery

Answer 9

Imagery that allows you to hear the sound being described

Question 10

Onomatopoeia

Question 11

Refrain

Answer 11

A chorus or repetition of lines

Question 12

Simile

Answer 12

Something is like something else

Question 13

Assonance

Question 14

Persona

Answer 14

A speaker / voice of a character in a poem

Question 15

Metaphor

Answer 15

Something is something else

Question 16

End stop

Answer 16

Punctuation at the end of a line of poetry

Question 17

Fricative Alliteration