Poetry Techniques Flashcards
Alliteration
The first letter of a word is repeated in words that follow; cold, crisp, crust of clean, clear ice.
Association
The same vowel sound repeated but the consonants are different; he passed her a sharp, dark glance, shot a cool, foolish look across the room
Colloquial
Language that is used in speech with an informal meaning; ‘chill’, ‘out of this world’, ‘take a rain check’.
Dialect
The version of language spoken by particular people in a particular area, such as Scots.
Dialogue
Conversation between two people; sometimes an imagined conversation between the narrator and the reader. It can also be found in the conversational style of a poem.
Enjament
A device used in petty where a sentence continues beyond the end of the line or verse. This technique is often used a sense of continuation form one stanza to another.
Hyperbole
Exaggeration something for literary purposes which is not meant to be taken literally; we forged on the banquet of beans on toast
Imagery
Similes, metaphors and. Personification; they all compare some thing ‘real’ with something ‘imagined’.
Irony
The humorous or sarcastic use of ideas, implying the opposite of what they mean
Metaphor
A word or phrase used to imply figurative, not literal or ‘actual’, resemblance; he flew into the room
Monologue
An uninterrupted monologue can show a characters importance or state of mind.
Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like the nose it is describing ‘splash’, ‘bang’ ‘pop’, ‘hiss’
Oxymoron
Where two words normally not associated are. Brought together: ‘cold heat’ ‘bitter sweet’
Pathos
Language that evoked feeling of pity or sorrow
Personification
Attributing a human quality to a thing or idea: the moon calls me to hear darkness world.
