Poetic Devices Year 10

Question 1

DENOTATION

Answer 1

The literal meaning of a word.

Question 2

CONNOTATION

Answer 2

The thoughts, feelings, meanings we associate with a word.

Question 3

SEMANTIC FIELD

Answer 3

Words that all link to one particular topic.

Question 4

VERB

Answer 4

A doing word, process or happening.

Question 5

ADJECTIVE

Answer 5

A word that describes a verb or adverb.

Question 6

PRONOUN

Answer 6

I, you, he, she, we, they.

Question 7

CONCRETE NOUN vs ABSTRACT NOUN

Answer 7

A name or label.
A ________ noun is something you can hold: table, chair, bag.
An _________ noun is something intangible: holiday, anger, dream.

Question 8

IMAGERY

Answer 8

Visually descriptive or figurative language.

Question 9

SENSORY LANGUAGE

Answer 9

Language and descriptions using the five senses: sight, smell, touch, sound, taste.

Question 10

SIMILE

Answer 10

Saying something is like something else.

Question 11

METAPHOR - DIRECT

Answer 11

Saying something is something else.

Question 12

METAPHOR - IMPLIED

Answer 12

Comparing two things that are not alike without actually mentioning the original thing being compared.

Question 13

PERSONIFICATION

Answer 13

Giving human-like features and feelings to non-human things.

Question 14

ZOOMORPHISM

Answer 14

Giving animal-like features, actions to non-human things.

Question 15

SYMBOLISM

Answer 15

Where one thing is used to represent something else: a rose to represent love.

Question 16

PATHETIC FALLACY

Answer 16

Giving emotions to things that are not human, often using weather to create atmosphere.

Question 17

ALLITERATION

Answer 17

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.

Question 18

SIBILANCE

Answer 18

The repetition of the ‘s’, ‘sh’, ‘z’ sounds in closely connected words.

Question 19

CONSONANCE

Answer 19

The repetition of consonant sounds in closely connected words.

Question 20

ASSONANCE

Answer 20

The repetition of vowel sounds in closely connected words.

Question 21

ONOMATOPOEIA

Answer 21

Words that mimic the sound they represent.

Question 22

CONTRAST

Answer 22

Opposites placed close or across a text to highlight differences or change.

Question 23

JUXTAPOSITION

Answer 23

Two things being seen or placed close together with a contrasting effect: (light next to dark.)

Question 24

OXYMORON

Answer 24

Contradictory terms appear together to create one overall meaning: (He was falsely true.)

Question 25

ATMOSPHERE

Answer 25

The general feeling created by the poem.

Question 26

MOOD

Answer 26

The feelings of the reader towards the presented topic: nostalgic, optimistic, joyful, sympathetic.

Question 27

TONE

Answer 27

The feelings of the poet or speaker towards the presented topic: tragic, harmonious, hopeless, intriguing.

Question 28

LINKING PHRASE

Answer 28

Used to show effect when writing an analytical paragraph: to accentuate, to imply, to highlight, to illustrate, to show, to emphasise.

Question 29

SPEAKER

Answer 29

The voice of the poem, like a narrator. Sometimes this is the poet, other times not.

Question 30

MESSAGE

Answer 30

The main idea or story that the poet intends to convey.

Question 31

DIRECT ADDRESS

Answer 31

Speaking directly to the reader using the pronoun ‘you’.

Question 32

STANZA

Answer 32

Paragraph or section in poetry.

Question 33

ENJAMBMENT

Answer 33

One line or stanza flows to the next without any punctuation at the end of the line.

Question 34

CAESURA

Answer 34

A punctuated pause in the middle of a line of poetry: : ; - .

Question 35

RHETORICAL QUESTION

Answer 35

A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

Question 36

RHYME

Answer 36

Words with the same sound pattern: gloom and room.

Question 37

IAMBIC PENTAMENTER

Answer 37

10 syllable heart-beat-like rhythm: da DUM, da DUM, da DUM, da DUM, da DUM.

Question 38

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Answer 38

The length of sentences.
The way sentences are formed: passive, active, simple, compound, complex.

Question 39

TRIPLET/TRICOLON/RULE OF THREE

Answer 39

Three phrases in succession.

Question 40

FORESHADOWING

Answer 40

Offering hints at future events.

Question 41

ASYNDETIC LISTING

Answer 41

A list where there is no conjunction (and).

Question 42

SYNDETIC/POLYSYNDETIC LISTING

Answer 42

A list where all the items are separated with ‘and’.