Technical Terminology

Question 1

Technical Terminology : Enjambment

Answer 1

When the words of a sentence run of the line
(and so I
Fly. away to the…)
- used to speed up pace, create urgency, tension or rising emotion as the reader is pulled from one line to the next

Question 2

Technical Terminology : Alliteration

Answer 2

Where a sequence of words all begin with the same letter
- used to provide an audible pulse to the poem. Gives it a lulling, lyrical and/or emotive effect

Question 3

Technical Terminology : Hyperbole

Answer 3

Over - exaggeration
- Used to create emphasis or humour

Question 4

Technical Terminology : Onomatopoeia

Answer 4

Words that sounds like the noise that it describes
- used to heighten the language beyond the words on the page. Creates particularly vivid imagery

Question 5

Technical Terminology : Pathetic fallacy

Answer 5

Where the weather/natural environment reflects the mood

Question 6

Technical Terminology : Tone

Answer 6

the type of voice or atmosphere that pervades the poem, e.g. sadness, anger, joy, regret, melancholy
- it is largely meant to set the mood or feel of a poem for the reader. It allows the poet to control the way the poem is to be read.