Poetry Techniques

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

Comparing two different things saying one is the other

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

Coparing two different thinks using ‘like or as’

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Giving an inanimate object a human quality

Question 4

Onomatepia

Answer 4

The word when written illustrates the sound

Question 5

Sibilance

Answer 5

Repetition of ‘s’ sound

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

The repitition of the same letter or sound at the start of consecutive words

Question 7

Imagry

Answer 7

The use of figurative language to create an image for the reader

Question 8

Rhyme

Answer 8

Similar sound clustess at the end of words to create a rhyme and could change the rhythm

Question 9

Tone

Answer 9

The mood/atmosphere created in the poem suggests speakers emotions

Question 10

Stanza

Answer 10

A paragraph in a poem change in focus or mood

Question 11

Consonance

Answer 11

Shared consonant sounds

Question 12

Enjambment

Answer 12

The sentence/idea continues onto the next line

Question 13

euphemism

Answer 13

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

Question 14

What does hyperbale mean

Answer 14

Another word for exageration

Question 15

Verb

Answer 15

A doing thing

Question 16

Adjective

Answer 16

Descirbes a noun

Question 17

Conjuction

Answer 17

Brings two main clauses together

Question 18

Adverb

Answer 18

‘Ly’ words

Question 19

Pronoun

Answer 19

Using ‘he or she’ instead of actual name

Question 20

Noun

Answer 20

An object or name or place