poetry techniques Flashcards
alliteration
repetition of the first letter of the word
cold crisp clean cool
assonance
repetition of the same vowel sound in the middle or the end of the word
cool foolish looking room
dissonance
discordant combination of sounds
clash spew slow pang
pathos
language that evokes pity and sorrow
apostrophe
direct term of address + personification
directly addressing a personified object
poor death
verb
doing word
modal verb
modal / might
expresses possibility
could might
superlative
extreme values of quantity
most biggest smallest
possessive pronoun
mine me my our his hers
monosyllabic lexis
words with one syllable
imperative
command
declarative
statement
interrogative
question
parenthesis
sectioning off extra information
(brackets) -dashes-
pathetic fallacy
when the environment/weather mirrors emotions
rainy is sad
lexis/diction
word choice
antithesis
when ideas contrast each other
archaic language
language that has dated
phallic symbol
crude connotations that represent a symbol
consonance
same consonants in words
eg ‘shut’ ‘shoot’
anaphora
repetition of the first part of a sentence or order to emphasise different words
originated in biblical psalms
plosives
words with harsh ‘b’ ‘d’ sounds
prosopopoeia
when an imagined object thing dead person absent person is speaking
eg the haunter
ameliorate
to make something bad better
indomitable
impossible to subdue or defeat
register
style of language
synecdoche
a part of something represents a whole
eg ‘hands’ represent a person
mock heroic
mocks common stereotypes of heroic literature
dramatic monologue
an audience is implied, no dialogue, clear character
