Poetic Techniques Flashcards
Metaphor
A figure of speech containing in a word that is applied literally
Simile
Comparing two things using like, as or than
Limerick
A funny, five lined poems
Rhyme
Two words that sound similar in one sentence
Rhythm
The movement with patterned recurrence of a beat
Sonnet
a fourteen lined poem
Hyperbole
An exaggerated statement e.g. I’m gonna kill you
Assonance
Words close together that start with the same letter e.g. Big, bad Brian
Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like what it is describing e.g. Sizzle, bang, splash
Haiku
A four lined poem usually about nature from japan
Personification
When you give an inanimate object an action
Acrostic poem
A word that is written down a page and you have to make a word for each letter
Pun
A funny play on words
Alliteration
The repetition of a sound
