Techniques In Poems

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

A figure of speech that compares two unrelated things, highlighting their similarities.

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

A figure of speech that compares two things using “like” or “as.”

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Giving human qualities or characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.

Question 4

Imagery

Answer 4

Vivid and sensory language that appeals to the reader’s senses.

Question 5

Symbolism

Answer 5

The use of objects, colors, or ideas to represent deeper meanings or concepts.

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Question 7

Assonance

Answer 7

The repetition of vowel sounds within words.

Question 8

Enjambment

Answer 8

The continuation of a sentence or thought across multiple lines without punctuation.
Example: “I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills.”

Question 9

Rhyme

Answer 9

The repetition of similar sounds at the end of words.

Question 10

Onomatopoeia

Answer 10

The use of words that imitate or suggest the sound they describe.
Example: “The buzzing bee flew by.”

Question 11

Consider

Answer 11

The meaning, imagery and over all message of the poem

Question 12

Anadiplosis

Answer 12

Word repeats after semi colon