Technique Cheat Sheet (Poetry)

Question 1

Figurative Language

Answer 1

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Symbolism
• Synecdoche (figure of speech which represents a part of a whole)

Question 2

Imagery - be specific

Answer 2

Natural, Celestrial, Industrial, Botanical

Question 3

Sensory Imagery

Answer 3

• Visual
• Audatory
• Olfactory (smell)
• Gustatory
• Tactile

Question 4

Other words for repetition

Answer 4

• Accumulation - that relates to a list of words or phrases that have similar, if not the same, meanings
• Listing- listing the same words to create emphasis
• lexical chains - sequences of words or phrases that are semantically related and form a coherent topic or theme in a text

Question 5

Sound devices

Answer 5

• Alliteraiton
• Assoance
• sibilance
• repitiion
  
  • anaphora
  • Epistrophe
• Rhyme, Internal Rhyme- occuring in the same line of poetry

Question 6

Form and Meter

Answer 6

• Stanza Length- Consistent/Subversions
• Line length
• Enjambent
• Perspective

Question 7

Tone

Answer 7

• Reverent
• Uplifiting
• Provocative
• Sarcastic
• Intellectual
• Inquisitorial